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味 : Flavor

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Components:
口未

flavor, taste

On 'yomi:
ミ(mi)
Kun 'yomi:
あじ(aji) あじ.わう(aji.wau)
Strokes:8
Radical:口 (30)
Usage Rating:442
JLPT:N4
old JLPT:3
Grade:3
Unicode:05473
jis208:44-3
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味 Usage examples

いい気味(いいきび)
好い気味(いいきび)
it serves you (him) right
風邪気味(かぜぎみ)slight cold, bit of a cold, touch of a cold, lingering cold
意味付ける(いみづける)to give meaning to
赤味を帯びた(あかみをおびた)tinged with red, reddish
味わい知る(あじわいしる)to taste and know
味を調える(あじをととのえる)to flavor, to flavour, to season
意味が通らない(いみがとおらない)incomprehensible, not making sense
意味を捉える(いみをとらえる)to grasp the meaning
意味を取る(いみをとる)to follow the sense, to understand the meaning of
女の味を知る(おんなのあじをしる)to have carnal knowledge (of a woman)
辛い味(からいあじ)pungent taste
興味が薄い(きょうみがうすい)uninteresting
苦味素(くみそ)bitter principle
語の意味(ごのいみ)meaning of a word
七味(しちみ)blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.), shichimi
滋味に富む(じみにとむ)to be nutritious, to be delicious
文学の味(ぶんがくのあじ)the pleasures of literature
意味の関係理論(いみのかんけいりろん)relational theory of meaning
意味原理(いみげんり)semantics principle
意味部門(いみぶもん)semantic component
意味役割(いみやくわり)semantic role
意味上の主語(いみじょうのしゅご)sense subject
意味上の目的語(いみじょうのもくてきご)sense object
状況意味論(じょうきょういみろん)situation semantics
意味内容(いみないよう)semantic content (of a term), meaning (of a sentence)
真実味(しんじつみ)truth (veracity, authenticity) (e.g. of a report)
酢味噌(すみそ)vinegared miso
青味(あおみ)blueness, greenness, tinge of blue (green)
白味噌(しろみそ)light-brown miso
一般意味論(いっぱんいみろん)general semantics
黄味(きみ)yellow, yellowish
太り気味(ふとりぎみ)plump, rather overweight
御味御付(おみおつけ)
御味御汁(おみおつけ)
miso soup
味加減(あじかげん)taste (of prepared dish)
味塩(あじしお)salt and MSG mixture
薄味(うすあじ)bland, mild-tasting, lightly seasoned, insipid
一味徒党(いちみととう)whole party to a plot, whole gang, fellow conspirators
懐古趣味(かいこしゅみ)nostalgia for the good old days, retro-culture
興味索然(きょうみさくぜん)uninteresting, tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of), throwing a wet blanket (on)
熟読玩味(じゅくどくがんみ)reading carefully with appreciation, giving (something) a careful perusal
珍味佳肴(ちんみかこう)rare delicacies, rare treat
異国趣味(いこくしゅみ)taste for the exotic, infatuation with a foreign way of life, exoticism
一味同心(いちみどうしん)(people) working together with one mind
遠慮気味(えんりょぎみ)somewhat reserved (diffident), shyly, timidly, retiringly, in a retiring (reserved) manner
鍵穴趣味(かぎあなしゅみ)voyeurism
偽悪趣味(ぎあくしゅみ)propensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible, being prone to act bad
衒学趣味(げんがくしゅみ)pedantry, being of a pedantic disposition
興奮気味(こうふんぎみ)being somewhat excited (agitated)
冗談気味(じょうだんぎみ)being somewhat (half) joking, half seriously, half in jest, in a jocular vein
食傷気味(しょくしょうぎみ)being sick and tired (of), being fed up (with)
慎重吟味(しんちょうぎんみ)scrutiny, careful (close) examination (investigation), careful inquiry, careful selection
韜晦趣味(とうかいしゅみ)propensity to efface oneself
当惑気味(とうわくぎみ)being somewhat puzzled, looking somewhat baffled
成金趣味(なりきんしゅみ)the ostentation (bad taste) of the nuveau riche, air of vulgar prosperity
美味佳肴(びみかこう)delicacies, epicurean dishes
貧血気味(ひんけつぎみ)tending to anemia, being somewhat anemic