嗅ぐ

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 嗅ぐ is read かぐ and means the act of smelling or sniffing with the nose.
• Basic usage: It is used for a dog sniffing a glove or a person checking the smell of milk.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Reading the inflected forms
  • The past form is 嗅いだ(かいだ), and the connecting form is 嗅いで(かいで). The final ぐ changes to いだ and いで, respectively.