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燻: smoke

smoke; smoulder
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Readings

On
クン
Kun
くすべる・ふすべる・いぶす・いぶる・くすぶる・くゆらす

On-reading クン in 燻製 and 燻蒸 (fumigation); kun: 燻る (くすぶる), 燻す (いぶす), 燻らす (くゆらす).

Key words

燻製くんせいsmoked food
燻るくすぶるto smoulder
燻すいぶすto smoke; to fumigate
燻し銀いぶしぎんtarnished silver; quiet mastery

Example sentences

I smoked the salmon I had caught using cherry wood chips.

Even after the fire, smoke was still smouldering in the burned ruins.

The old monk was quietly smoking his pipe on the veranda.

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