Beginning Japanese Phrases #202: ～がする (to sense/feel (used with sensory experiences like smell, sound, taste))

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～がする — to sense/feel (used with sensory experiences like smell, sound, taste)

This expression is used to describe sensory perceptions. The particle marks what is being sensed, such as a smell, sound, taste, or feeling. It combines with nouns related to the five senses.

Example: この部屋は変なにおいがする。 This room has a strange smell.

Vocabulary:

• この — this
• 部屋は — room (topic marker)
• 変な — strange, weird
• においが — smell (subject marker)
• する — to do, sense

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