adjective

  1. sweet-smelling, fragrant, aromatic.
  2. good (reputation, condition, results, etc.), favorable. Usu. in the negative.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
芳しい かんばしい
 
 
香しい かんばしい
 
 
馨しい かんばしい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

perfume, balmy, favorable
かおる ホウ かんば.しい (8th, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
direction, person, alternative
ホウ かた なた (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
ten thousand, 10,000
バン マン よろず (2nd, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)