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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
- —無味tasteless; flavourless; uninteresting; dull; dry; insipid
- —味蕾taste bud
- —情味charm; attractiveness; humanity
- —地味soil fertility; soil quality; productivity of the soil
- —禅味the flavor of Zen; the flavour of Zen; air or style of disinterestedness
- —快味pleasure
- —七味seven delicious flavors (flavours); blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.); shichimi
- —雑味off-flavor; odd taste
- —土味local flavouring
- —着味seasoning (esp. in food industry with additives); flavoring
- —五味five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter); five palates; five tastes; five flavors (milk at various stages of making ghee: fresh milk, cream, curdled milk, butter, and ghee); the five periods of the Buddha's teachings
- —好味good taste (food); tasty food
- —食味taste; flavour; flavor
- —色味shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color; tint
- —極味great flavor; great taste
- —淡味light flavor
- —味得appreciating fully (e.g. work of art)
- —味到appreciating fully (e.g. work of art)
- —甘味sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake; charm; appeal; taste; flavour; flavor
- —味盲ageusia; taste blindness