Stink

"Stink" in Japanese

悪臭

akushū

(strong bad smell)

くだらない

kudaranai

(informal: be greatly inferior)

悪臭を放つ

akushū o hanatsu

(have a strong bad smell)

臭い

kusai

(give an impression of dishonesty or untruth)

臭う

niou

(have a strong bad smell)

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