How to say "aromatic" in Japanese

• 香ばしいこうばしいCommon
  i-adjectiveCovers the savory, toasty side of 'aromatic': the appetizing smell of roasted beans or roasted tea, or of burning wood. Use it for pleasant smells of roasted or burning things rather than sweet ones.
  オーブントースターのタイマーが鳴なる。食パンしょくぱんがコンガリ焼やけた、香こうばしい匂におい。↗

  The toaster-oven's timer rings. The fragrant smell of well toasted bread.
• 芳しいかんばしいCommon
  i-adjectiveThe general word for sweet-smelling, fragrant things; it matches 'aromatic' in its basic sense of a pleasant, sweet smell. For the toasty smell of roasted or burning things, use 香ばしい instead.

Use 「香ばしい」 for the savory, toasty aromas of roasted beans, roasted tea, or burning wood, and 「芳しい」 for the general sweet-smelling, fragrant sense of 'aromatic'.

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• 香ばしいこうばしいaromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.)
• 芳しいかんばしいsweet-smelling
• アロマティックaromatic
• 芳烈ほうれつaromatic
• 郁郁いくいくflourishing
• 芳香剤ほうこうざいair freshener
• 香り高いかおりたかいfragrant