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Regarding 匂いがする

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watermen: Expert on Something; Posts: 401; Joined: October 3rd, 2007 7:47 pm

Postby watermen » April 27th, 2008 4:15 am

Just want to know why not 匂いをする、why　が？

This is one of the sentence in Audio Blog Lesson #2, Miki said the sumo smelled nice.

sashimidimsum7250: Expert on Something; Posts: 181; Joined: August 10th, 2007 4:21 am

Postby sashimidimsum7250 » April 27th, 2008 11:08 am

It's idiomatic. Other examples are:

味がする　taste
気がする have a feeling

お茶漬け海苔

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