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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
- —意味づけるto give meaning (to); to assess the significance (of)
- —意味を取るto follow the sense; to understand the meaning of
- —興味が薄いuninteresting
- —滋味に富むto be nutritious; to be delicious
- —状況意味論situation semantics
- —一般意味論general semantics
- —七味唐辛子blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)
- —一味唐辛子cayenne pepper powder
- —意味をなすto make sense; to be meaningful
- —興味の薄いuninteresting
- —意味が通るto be comprehensible
- —不気味の谷uncanny valley (hypothesis about humanoid robots)
- —意味ありげmeaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; knowing; pregnant (pause)
- —味噌を擂るto flatter; to toady (to); to curry favor (with); to butter up
- —興味を持つto have an interest (in)
- —押され気味being on the ropes; losing ground
- —苦味チンキbitter tincture
- —気味が悪いcreepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring; weird
- —合わせ味噌mixed miso (e.g. white and red)
- —正義の味方champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero