煙い

けむい · kemui · JLPT N2 · i-adj

smoky

🏭 煙 (smoke) + い (adjective ending) = smoky, as in a room full of smoke

Also used when smoke stings your eyes or throat. The root 煙 (kemu) means smoke, and the trailing い marks it as an i-adjective.

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