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嗅ぐ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
嗅ぐ
BOOST
Reading : かぐ   
'gu' godan verb, transitive verb
to sniff; to smell
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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嗅ぐ is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 62,000 (about 5,720,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4258 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
その
いぬ
じめん
地面
くんくん
いだ

The dog sniffed the ground.
しり
ことイヌ
たが
きょうじゃく
強弱
かる
という
It is said that dogs assess their relative strength by smelling each other's bottoms
わたしたち
私達
その
もの
にお
あや
しみながら
いだ

We sniffed at the food suspiciously.
かぐ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 78,000 (about 3,360,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 14062
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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キュウ   か to sniff, to smell   
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シュウ   くさ foul-smelling   にお to smell (bad)   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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