煙る

けむる · kemuru · JLPT N1 · verb-godan

to smoke

💨 Kanji 煙 carries the fire radical 火, so けむる is smoke rising from fire

Verb form of 煙 (smoke). Used for smoke that hangs or drifts, and for things blurred by it, as in 雨に煙る (hazed by rain). Say ke-mu-ru.

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