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味 kanji
flavor, taste
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ミ
Kun readings
あじあじわう
Words with 味
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —味噌和えsalad (or fish, etc.) dressed with miso
- —過熱気味overheated; hyper-; overearnest
- —田舎味噌barley miso
- —江戸味噌Edo miso; type of miso produced in the Tokyo area since the Edo period; usu. low-salt and made with rice koji
- —焼き味噌grilled miso
- —乾燥味噌freeze-dried powdered miso (usu. salty); instant miso
- —練り味噌miso mixed with sugar and sake, thickened by stirring over low heat
- —ゴマ味噌paste of miso, ground toasted sesame seeds, mirin, etc.
- —味覚障害dysgeusia; taste disorder
- —西京味噌Saikyo miso; Kyoto-style sweet white miso esp. used for pickling fish
- —味噌炒めfried dish seasoned with miso
- —意味ないmeaningless; pointless
- —ゆず味噌miso with sugar, sake, yuzu juice and skin; hollowed out yuzu stuffed with miso and yuzu juice then baked
- —ある意味in a sense; in some way; to an extent
- —ケレン味pretense; affectation; showiness
- —八丁味噌hatcho miso; dark miso variety produced in Aichi Prefecture
- —味噌こしmiso strainer
- —意味調べlooking up the meaning (of a word)
- —意味飽和semantic satiation
- —少女趣味(school) girlish taste (for things that are sweet, cute, romantic, etc.); interest in young girls (rather than adult women)