嗅ぎ取る

• 読み: かぎとる
• ローマ字: kagitoru
• 漢字の分解: 嗅 (kyuu/ka) — smell, sniff; 取 (shu/to) — take, grasp, detect
• 発音: /ka.ɡi.to.ɾɯ/

意味

To smell out; to detect by scent; to sense or intuit (a hidden truth, danger, or intention).

A Group 1 (godan) compound verb from 嗅ぐ (to sniff) and 取る (to take, to grasp). Conjugates as 嗅ぎ取ら-ない, 嗅ぎ取り-ます. Used both literally (an animal detecting scent) and figuratively (a person sensing deception, opportunity, or hidden motive with instinctive acuity).

例文

1. 犬は遠くから獲物の存在を嗅ぎ取り、低く唸り始めた。
2. 経験豊富な投資家は市場の微妙な変化をいち早く嗅ぎ取って動く。
3. 彼女は上司の発言の裏に何らかの意図を嗅ぎ取っていた。

使い方ガイド

場面: animals, intuition, business, narrative

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 嗅ぐ (kagu, to sniff) and 取る (toru, to take, to grasp). The combination suggests actively reaching out to detect something invisible, like a hound locking onto a scent trail.

文化的背景

時代: Traditional–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal