香こう
Meanings
Noun
1. incense
You smelled that incense too, didn't you?
Kanji used
nice smell
Pitch accent
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う
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Used in vocabulary (66 in total)
perfume; scent
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
spice; spices; condiment
herb; fragrant grass
incense stick
censer; incense burner
flavoring; flavouring; fragrance; perfume; condolence gift
incense
fragrance
scented insert (to enclose with a letter); perfumed insert
coriander (Coriandrum sativum); cilantro; dhania; Chinese parsley
to cense; to burn incense
perfume on the clothing
bottle of perfume (scent)
smell and taste; flavour; flavor
incense which supposedly allows the spirit of a departed loved one to be seen in the smoke
pickled vegetables
incense container
perfume blending; fragrance mixing
incense; fragrance
to cense; to burn incense
incense set (e.g. burner, tray, tongs, etc.); incense paraphernalia; incense components (e.g. sandalwood, musk, aloeswood)
(incense) pastille; round cake of incense, esp. used in incense ceremony
fine incense
traditional art of incense appreciation; Way of Fragrance; kōdō
pickled vegetables
Genjikō; incense-comparing game with each of the 52 patterns named after a chapter of the Tale of Genji
lingering odor; lingering odour
pickled vegetables; pickles
lingering scent
pickled vegetables
to smell incense
great fragrance
incense tray; incense burner; programme (theater); seating arrangement (in a theater)
storax (resin); styrax; storax (Liquidambar orientalis); styrax
incense-comparing game
clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
incense-smelling game
tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa)
darkened beige; light brown; warm clove brown
flour made from parched barley; powdered roast grain mixed with herbs, spices, dried citrus peel, etc. (added to hot water to make a drink)
incense tray
host of a kōdō ceremony; person who burns the incense
scent of a flower floating about in the air; lingering scent of a flower in the darkness
host of a kōdō ceremony; person who burns the incense
smelling incense; savoring incense; distinguishing incense by smell; incense-smelling party
incense set (e.g. burner, tray, tongs, etc.)
upsetting others with one's odour (strong perfume, etc.)
spikenard (essential oil, perfume); nard
(incense) pastille; round cake of incense, esp. used in incense ceremony
common rue (Ruta graveolens)
galbanum (gum resin from fennel)
Kōro (brand of sake)
tiles used in incense-guessing games
incense altar
incense scoop
Lindera glauca (species of spicebush)
Mosla punctulata (plant)
Lindera communis (species of spicebush)
Examples (3 in total)
You smelled that incense too, didn't you?
The farther we go, the stronger the smell of incense gets.
As soon as I took a step into the room, I faintly smelled incense.