香る

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
かお
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
薫る
馨る (rare)

Etymology[edit]

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1] No Ryukyuan cognates exist.

Given the Old Japanese spelling kaworu, this can be analyzable as a compound of Old Japanese elements (ka, fragrance) +‎ 居る (oru ← woru, to have, to exist).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

(かお) (kaoruかをる (kaworu)?intransitive godan (stem (かお) (kaori), past (かお)った (kaotta))

  1. [from 720] have a fragrance or pleasant scent, be fragrant
  2. [from c. 898-901] to smell good
  3. [from c. 898-901] to be beautiful of the face (especially the eyes)

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 薫・香”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN