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That Cake Smell Is a Tree

To say It's the smell of fragrant olive. in Japanese, say キンモクセイの香りです (Kinmokusei no kaori desu).

You asked what just came out of the oven. It has been off all morning.

Kinmokusei no kaori desu It's the smell of fragrant olive.

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  1. キンモクセイの香りです。 Kinmokusei no kaori desu. It's the smell of fragrant olive.
  2. キンモクセイの香りです。 Kinmokusei no kaori desu. It's the smell of fragrant olive.

Why this phrase

Early October, for about a week, the street smells like apricot and nothing is baking. Kōfuku plays the tourist at the counter who asks what just came out of the oven. Hana plays the barista. The oven is cold. She names the tree outside. The line is キンモクセイの香りです.

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