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鼻が利く
鼻が効く
Irregular kanji
Readings
はながきく
hanagakiku
English
Expression
Godan verb with 'ku' ending
to have an acute sense of smell

Expression
Godan verb with 'ku' ending
Idiomatic expression
to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.), to have a keen nose, to have an ability to quickly uncover things

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Conjugated forms
Present, Future 鼻が利く, 鼻が利きます
[does], will [do]
鼻が利かない, 鼻が利きません
doesn't [do], will not [do]
Past 鼻が利いた, 鼻が利きました
[did]
鼻が利かなかった, 鼻が利きませんでした
didn't [do]
Te-form, Continuative 鼻が利いて, 鼻が利きまして 鼻が利かないで, 鼻が利きませんで 鼻が利かなくて
Kanjis
ON: KUN: はな
nose, snout

Stroke: 14 Grade: 3 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 2-6-8 FC: 2644.4


ON: KUN: き.く
profit, advantage, benefit

Stroke: 7 Grade: 4 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 1-5-2 FC: 2290.0


ON: コウ KUN: き.く, ききめ, なら.う
merit, efficacy, efficiency, benefit

Stroke: 8 Grade: 5 JLPT: N2 SKIP: 1-6-2 FC: 0442.2