Kaoru - Kunzuru

Japanese: 薫 - くんずる

[1] (Independent verb) Kun/Zu (Independent verb) ① A fragrance wafts through the air. To smell. To stink. To knuckle. ※Eika (c. 1028-92) Music: “As the incense of various precious things was burned, the fragrance smelt.” ② The wind blows the fragrance of green leaves. To knuckle. [2] (Another verb) Kun/Zu (Independent verb) ① To make someone smell. To make someone smell. To knuckle. ※Eika (c. 1028-92) Bird Dance: “Various incense sticks were burned in silver and gold incense burners and mixed together.” ② To transfer a fragrance. To make a fragrance permeate. ※Hosso Nikansho (1242) Vol. 1: “All true laws are born from seeds and make the seeds smell. To say to smell is to keep one's own feelings in mind.”

Kunjiru [Kaoru]

(The upper one-step form of the sa-hen verb "kunzuru (kaoru)") [1] 〘 Independent za-upper one〙 = kunzuru (kaoru) (one) [Wa-Eigo Rinshusei (first edition) (1867)] [2] 〘 Other za-upper one〙 = kunzuru (kaoru) (two)

Kun [Kaoru]

〘Noun〙 Fragrance herb.

Kun-zu [Kaoru]

〘Self-Other Change〙 ⇒ Kunzuru (Kaoru)

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:

[1] 〘自サ変〙くん・ず〘自サ変〙① 香りがただよう。かおる。におう。くんじる。※栄花（1028‐92頃）音楽「いろいろの宝の香どもを焚かせ給へれば、香くんじたり」② 風が青葉の香りを吹きおくってくる。くんじる。[2] 〘他サ変〙くん・ず〘他サ変〙① かおらせる。におわせる。くんじる。※栄花（1028‐92頃）鳥の舞「銀・黄金の香炉にさまざまの香をたきてくむじ合せたる程」② においをうつす。香りをしみつける。※法相二巻抄（1242か）上「其中に実法はみな種子より生じて種子を薫ず。薫ずと申は己が気分を留めて置なり」