To Smell
To Smell Bad
intransitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means smell so the verb version is to smell.
Although 匂う is technically a neutral term, it often means to smell bad. To emphasize the stinkiness, you can also use the kanji 臭 instead of 匂.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You learned this reading with the kanji, so you should be able to read it already!
この香水は、全く匂わない。
This perfume doesn't smell at all.
げ、なんかこの部屋、匂う！
Ugh, something smells in this room!
フーム、匂いますねー。事件の匂いがしますよ、ワトソン君！
Hmm, something smells. It smells like a case, Watson!