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する (suru)

To smell; to hear; to sense (through the senses)

Meaning & usage

する can express sensory perception with nouns for smell, sound, taste, or texture. A noun like におい, 音, or 味 is followed by がする to report what is smelled, heard, or tasted, as in いいにおいがする or 変な音がする. The fixed pattern 耳にする means to hear or come across information. It conjugates like other する verbs, with polite します and negative しない, and the source of the sensation is often marked with から or は.

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