Long TextExercise 72 of 83

Of all the human senses, smell is perhaps the most underestimated. We celebrate the visual arts, invest billions in audio technology, and have developed sophisticated vocabularies for describing taste and texture. Yet when it comes to smell, most people struggle to name more than a handful of odours, and the sense…

• According to the writer, what is the common misconception about the sense of smell?
• Why does the writer mention the Japanese language in the second paragraph?