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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
- —ご賞味あれplease enjoy (the food); dig in; bon appétit
- —味噌スープmiso soup
- —味噌擂り坊主low-ranking monk (tasked with doing kitchen chores); monk
- —意味を捉えるto grasp the meaning
- —意味上の主語sense subject
- —引っ張り気味taut (condition); taken up slack; removed slack
- —無味無臭無色tasteless, odorless and colorless
- —意味が通じるto be comprehensible
- —データ意味論data semantics
- —小気味よげにin a gloating manner
- —薄気味の悪いeerie; spooky
- —うま味調味料flavour enhancer (e.g. monosodium glutamate); flavor enhancer
- —意味するものmeaning; connotation; denotation
- —からし酢味噌vinegared miso mixed with mustard
- —興味をそそるto arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating
- —味方につけるto enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
- —味噌をつけるto make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to embarrass oneself; to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku)
- —隣の糂粏味噌the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's salted rice bran paste (smells sweeter)
- —味噌ラーメンmiso ramen
- —美味も喉三寸good things do not last long