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匂う

to smell good

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Conjugation of 匂う

This verb follows the godan conjugation pattern. This verb can also mean the following: glow, smell bad, stink
私/俺
Present informal tense
匂う
niou
I smell good
Present informal negative tense
匂わない
niowanai
I don't smell good
Present formal tense
匂います
nioimasu
I smell good
Present formal negative tense
匂いません
nioimasen
I do not smell good
私/俺
Past informal tense
匂った
niotta
I smelled good
Past informal negative tense
匂わなかった
niowanakatta
I didn't smell good
Past formal tense
匂いました
nioimashita
I smell good
Past formal negative tense
匂いませんでした
nioimasen deshita
I did not smell good
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
匂え
nioe
smell good
Imperative negative mood
匂うな
niou na
don't smell good
Imperative formal mood
匂ってください
niotte kudasai
please smell good
Imperative formal negative mood
匂わないでください
niowanai dekudasai
please do not smell good
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
匂って
niotte
smell good
Passive stem
匂われる
niowareru
smelled good
Hypothetical tense
匂え
nioe
if I smelled good
Hypothetical conditional stem
匂えば
nioeba
smelled good
私/俺
Volitional stem
匂おう
nioō
will smell good
Potential stem
匂える
nioeru
smelled good
Continuative stem
匂い
nioi
smelling good
Causative stem
匂わせる
niowaseru
allow to smell good
私/俺
Imperfective stem
匂わ
niowa
smell good

Examples of 匂う

- 彼女の味、匂い - ベン...

- Ben...

- 彼女の味、匂い

- Her taste? Her smell?

匂い？

I smell funny?

世界はそれ自身が 景色、音、匂い、記憶の不協和音で 描写される。

The world presents itself as a cacophony of sights, sounds, smells, recollections.

とにかく今は におわない

I didn't smell anything when l was in there.

におわない？

You can't smell that?

煙 におい ゴミもなし 調理場じゃない

No smoke, no smell, no waste. There's no cook.

におい？

Smell?

- 匂いを消してる。 - におい?

What are you doing?

におう？

What smell?