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たんてい
探偵
は、
はんざい
犯罪
の
にお
匂
いを
か
嗅
ぎ
あ
当
てた。
The detective sniffed out crimes.
Conjugations and inflections
  嗅ぎ当てた is the past form of ichidan verb 嗅ぎ当てる   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
た ん て い 0
detective; sleuth; investigator
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は ん ざ い 0
crime; offence; offense
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に お い 2
noun
1. odour; odor; scent; smell; stench  (臭い usu. has a negative connotation)
2. aura; whiff; smacks of ...; sense; flavour; flavor
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か ぎ あ て る 4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to sniff out; to catch the scent of
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Kanji
探
タン   さぐる to grope for   さがす to search for   
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扌
hand
罙
net in the tree
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㓁
net
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
偵
テイ    spy   
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貞
テイ    upright   
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貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
卜
divining rod
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
犯
ハン   crime   おかす to commit a crime   
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犭
ケン   いぬ dog   
㔾
seal
罪
ザイ   つみ sin   
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罒
net
非
ヒ   mistake
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匂
におい fragrant   におう to be fragrant   
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勹
wrap
匕
さじ spoon   
嗅
キュウ   かぐ to sniff, to smell   
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臭
シュウ   くさい foul-smelling   におう to smell (bad)   
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自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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当
トウ   あてる    あたる to hit   
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⺌
small
ヨ
yo = to yell / say hi
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