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香り

かおり

perfume, fragrance

Mnemonic

Grain warming in the sun and the smell of it lifting off. This flower is doing the same, and Kaori かおり is a name that means exactly this: かおり.

Worth knowing

匂い におい is any smell, good or bad. 香り is a good one, and it is the word for perfume.

Built from

fragrance
禾 grain + 日 sun

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