Kanji: 味

    • Meaning : flavor,taste
    • ON reading :
    • KUN reading : あじ,あじ.わう
    • Nanori :
    • Stroke count : 8
    • Frequency of use ranking : 442
    • Jouyou grade level : 3
    • JLPT : 3
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • き | たき - みそたき - annual event of miso-making | first steps of miso making, from simmering the beans to fermentation
  • - くそもみそもいっしょ - Good and bad are mixed together
  • も - いちみもにみも - totally/completely
  • - いみだんらく - logical paragraph (as opposed to a formal paragraph)/segment of text expressing a single meaning
  • - もろみ - unrefined sake or soy source
  • ネットワーク - いみネットワーク - semantic network (AI)
  • - いみぶんせき - semantic factoring
  • - あくしゅみ - bad taste
  • - いみろん - semantics/the study of meaning
  • - いみ - meaning/significance
  • - いみしんちょう - with profound (often hidden) meaning/being suggestive/pregnant with significance
  • い - いみあい - implication/nuance
  • - いみかんけい - semantic relation
  • - いちみ - clan/partisans/conspirators/gang/crew
  • - しおあじ - salty taste/saltiness
  • がかった - きみがかった - yellowish/cream-coloured/cream-colored
  • - おつなあじ - strange taste/spicy taste
  • - かみ - seasoning/flavoring/flavouring | taking (something) into consideration/taking into account
  • - がみ - high class/graceful
  • - かみ - delicious taste
  • データ - データいみろん - data semantics
  • - かんそうむみ - dryness/dullness
  • み | み | | - まるみ - roundness/rotundity
  • - かんみりょう - sweeteners/sweetening materials
  • - がんみ - taste/thinking over carefully
  • まずい | い - きまずい - unpleasant/awkward
  • - きみ - sensation/feeling
  • - きょうみ - interest (in something)
  • い - いみぶかい - deeply meaningful
  • - きょうみほんい - (just) out of curiosity/(just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity/aimed chiefly at amusing/sensational (e.g. magazine)
  • い - きょうみぶかい - very interesting/of great interest
  • - ぎんみ - testing/scrutiny/careful investigation
  • み | - にがみ | くみ - bitterness/bitter taste
  • - みかくおんち - having no sense of taste
  • - こうみやさい - potherb/pot herb
  • - しゃみせんがい | シャミセンガイ - lingulate brachiopod (esp. species Lingula anatina)
  • - しまあじ | シマアジ - garganey (Anas querquedula)
  • - あとあじ - aftertaste
  • - こうみ - taste/flavor/flavour/deliciousness
  • - み - (sense of) taste | counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
  • み | - あつみ - thickness/profound
  • - こうみ - smell and taste/flavour/flavor
  • - こうみりょう - flavoring/flavouring/spice
  • - つちあじ - gloss/sheen (surface quality found in unglazed pottery)
  • - どみ - local flavouring
  • - さいぎんみ - re-examination/review
  • | き - さみせんひき | しゃみせんひき - samisen player
  • い - あじのうすい - lightly seasoned
  • - さみ - three-stringed guitar
  • - さんみ - sourness/acidity
  • い - きょうみのうすい - uninteresting
  • い | い | い | い | い | い - うまい - skillful/clever/expert/wise/successful | delicious/appetizing/appetising | fortunate/splendid/promising
  • | み | うま - うまみ - good flavor (flavour)/good taste/deliciousness | umami (fifth category of taste, corresponding to the flavour of glutamates) | skill | profit
  • い | ない - きょうみない - of no interest/not interested
  • - むみむしゅうむしょく - tasteless, odorless and colorless
  • じる - いみがつうじる - to be comprehensible
  • - よわみそ - weakling/coward
  • - さやみどろ | サヤミドロ - oedogonium (any of a genus of filamentous green algae)
  • る - いみがとおる - to be comprehensible
  • - てまえみそ - self-flattery/sing one's own praises
  • - しゅみ - hobby/tastes/preference
  • - しゅうみ - bad smell/stink
  • - しぶみ - good taste/astringency/refinement
  • - むみむしゅう - tasteless and odorless/bland
  • う | ひとう - ひとあじちがう - to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
  • よい - こきみよい - smart/clever/neat/gloating
  • - かちみ - sign of victory
  • - こきみ - sentiment/feeling
  • - ばあじ - market sentiment
  • - かにみそ | カニミソ - miso-like paste found inside a crab's (and arthropods in general) intestinal area
  • - しょうみ - relish/gusto/appreciation
  • - きょうみざい - taste masking agent/flavoring substance
  • - しんみ - novelty
  • み | - ふかみ - depth/deep place
  • - しょうみきげん - best if eaten by this date
  • - しんみ - true meaning
  • - にんじょうみ - human interest/kindness
  • - からみ - salty (hot, sharp) taste
  • - にんげんみ - human kindness/human weakness
  • - すごみ - weirdness/ghastliness/dreadfulness
  • - しょうみじゅうりょう - net weight
  • - しょうみ - net (weight)
  • - しょうみねだん - net price
  • | - かなあじ - metallic | cutting edge of a bladed instrument
  • - ぞくしゅみ - vulgar taste
  • - あきあじ - salmon (esp. salmon swimming upstream in the autumn) | salted salmon
  • - だいごみ - the best/the epitome
  • - じみ - plain/simple/subdued/sober
  • 調 - ちょうみりょう - flavoring (e.g. salt, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, etc.)/seasoning
  • - ちんみ - delicacy
  • | - どくみやく - taster for poison
  • - どうしゅみ - the same interests
  • - えぐみ - harshness/acridity/astringent taste/bitter taste
  • る - のうみそをしぼる - to rack one's brains
  • をなす - いみをなす - to make sense/to be meaningful
  • - はいみ - subdued taste/refined taste/haiku (poetic) flavor (flavour)
  • い - きみわるい | きびわるい - unpleasant/uncomfortable/creepy/spooky
  • | みそ - のうみそ - brains/brain tissue
  • - びみ - good flavor/good flavour/delicacy
  • - はくみ - thin taste
  • - いみふめい - of uncertain meaning/ambiguous/cryptic
  • しい - おいしい - delicious/tasty
  • をなさない - いみをなさない - not making sense/meaningless
  • - ふみ - distaste/unsavoriness/unsavouriness
  • - ひゃくみ - all kinds (of food)
  • い - まずい - unappetising/unappetizing/unpleasant (taste, appearance, situation) | unskillful/unskilful/bungling/clumsy | ugly/homely/plain/unattractive | awkward/untimely/inopportune/unfavorable/unwise
  • | - ぶきみ - weird/ominous/eerie/uncanny/ghastly
  • う | みそにう - くそみそにいう - to verbally attack (violently)/to run down/to criticize severely/to criticise severely
  • - ざつみ - bitterness or other unpleasant taste (that detracts from the flavour of a drink)
  • なものなもの - えんはいなものあじなもの - inscrutable and interesting are the ways people are brought together
  • - げんじつみ - (sense of) reality
  • - あじ - flavor/flavour/taste | charm/style | experience | smart/clever/witty/strange
  • わい - あじわい - flavour/flavor | meaning/significance
  • | みそ - みそしる - miso soup
  • - あじのもと - monosodium glutamate (brand name)/MSG | Ajinomoto (Japanese food additive company)
  • - みそ - miso/bean paste | key (main) point
  • - むいみ - nonsense/no meaning/meaningless
  • け | つけ - あじつけ - seasoning/flavour/flavor
  • - みかく - taste/palate/sense of taste
  • - みりん - type of sweet sake used in cooking
  • - みょうみ - exquisite/charm/profit
  • - むみかんそう - dull and uninteresting/cut-and-dried
  • - ほおばみそ - magnolia leaves grilled with miso and negi
  • い - あじがうすい - lightly seasoned
  • わう - あじわう - to taste/to savor/to relish
  • | | - みかた - friend/ally/supporter
  • - ひっぱりぎみ - taut (condition)/taken up slack/removed slack
  • くにはまずから - てきをあざむくにはまずみかたから - in fooling the enemy first deceive your allies
  • かる | がかる - あかみがかる - to be tinged red
  • - やくみ - condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper)/spice
  • あるで - あるいみで - in a sense/in some way/to an extent
  • - ゆうじゃくみ - solitude/quiet
  • - りょうみ - cool/coolness
  • あるでは - あるいみでは - in a sense/in some way/to an extent
  • める - あじをしめる - to be encouraged by initial success
  • - しゃみせん | さみせん - three-stringed Japanese guitar/shamisen
  • - かんみ - saltiness
  • - くちざみせん | くちじゃみせん - humming a samisen tune
  • - しちみとうがらし - blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)
  • | ジミ - じみこん | ジミこん - plain subdued wedding ceremony
  • ない | い - あじきない | あじけない - wearisome/insipid/irksome/wretched/vain
  • - いちみとうがらし - cayenne pepper powder
  • | み - おもみ - importance/weight/dignity/emphasis
  • | み | | み - いやみ - disagreeableness/gaudiness/sarcasm
  • | - きれあじ - sharpness (of a sword)/the feel of a cutting edge
  • | み - おもしろみ - interest/fun
  • 々 | しんしん | - きょうみしんしん - very interesting/of absorbing interest/having a keen interest (in)/being immensely curious (about)
  • - いみしん - with profound (often hidden) meaning/being suggestive/pregnant with significance
  • | - どくみ - poison tasting/foretaste
  • | - なかみ - contents/interior/substance/filling/(sword) blade
  • - しゃみせんのこま - bridge of shamisen
  • み | - よわみ - weakness
  • み | あま | - あまみ | かんみ | うまみ - sweetness/sugary taste
  • - ろうばいぎみ - being rather confused/looking somewhat dismayed (perturbed)
  • - とうかいしゅみ - propensity to efface oneself/being prone to conceal one's talent
  • - びみかこう - delicacies/epicurean dishes
  • な - あじな - smart/clever/witty/strange
  • - ふうみぜっか - delicious flavor/superb taste
  • - みどく - appreciating a book/perusal
  • - なりきんしゅみ - the ostentation (bad taste) of the nuveau riche/air of vulgar prosperity
  • - ぬかみそ - salted rice-bran paste for pickling
  • - あおみどろ - spirogyra/algae forming pond scum
  • - しんちょうぎんみ - scrutiny/careful (close) examination (investigation)/careful inquiry/careful selection
  • - ふうみ - taste/flavor/flavour
  • 調 - ちょうみ - seasoning/flavoring/flavouring
  • - こうふんぎみ - being somewhat excited (agitated)
  • - じょうだんぎみ - being somewhat (half) joking/half seriously/half in jest/in a jocular vein
  • - しょくしょうぎみ - being sick and tired (of)/being fed up (with)/having one's fill (of)
  • - とうわくぎみ - being somewhat puzzled/looking somewhat baffled
  • - じみ - nutriment/wholesome/savoriness/savouriness/rich food/nourishment
  • - やけぎみ - partially out of despair/partly in desperation/somewhat out of frustration
  • - ろあくしゅみ - being apt to make a show of one's faults/penchant for boasting of one's faults/pretending to be worse than one really is
  • み | - くさみ - bad smell | affectation/fulsomeness
  • - ひんけつぎみ - tending to anemia/being somewhat anemic
  • - いこくしゅみ - taste for the exotic/infatuation with a foreign way of life/exoticism
  • - いちみどうしん - (people) working together with one mind
  • - かぎあなしゅみ - voyeurism
  • - ぎあくしゅみ - propensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible/being prone to act bad
  • い - うすきみわるい - weird/eerie/uncanny
  • - えんりょぎみ - somewhat reserved (diffident)/shyly/timidly/retiringly/in a retiring (reserved) manner
  • - げんがくしゅみ - pedantry/display of one's learning/being of a pedantic disposition
  • - がんみ - relish/appreciation
  • - うすあじ - bland/mild-tasting/lightly seasoned/insipid
  • - きょうみさくぜん - uninteresting/tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of)/throwing a wet blanket (on)
  • - ちんみかこう - rare delicacies/rare treat
  • | - もちあじ - inherent flavor/inherent flavour/distinctive characteristic
  • - あじしお - salt and MSG mixture
  • - むみ - lacking taste/dull
  • - むしゅみ - lacking of flair or refinement/lacking interests or hobbies/vulgarity/dull/prosaic
  • - いちみととう - whole party to a plot/whole gang/fellow conspirators
  • - じゅくどくがんみ - reading carefully with appreciation/giving (something) a careful perusal
  • - こっとうしゅみ - antiquarianism
  • - かいこしゅみ - nostalgia for the good old days/retro-culture
  • った - にがみばしった - sternly handsome
  • | | け | - おみおつけ - miso soup
  • - なきみそ - crybaby
  • - あじかげん - taste (of pepared dish)
  • - ふとりぎみ - plump/rather overweight
  • - かきあじ - the feel or performance of a pen
  • | み - きみ - yolk of an egg/yellow of an egg
  • - あじつけのり - seasoned nori (laver)
  • - みそっぱ - decayed (baby) tooth
  • - みらい - taste buds
  • - あじみ - sampling/tasting
  • - みそっかす - miso lees | good-for-nothing | immature child or person
  • - じんこうかんみりょう - artificial sweetener
  • り - みそすり - grinding miso/flattery/a flatterer
  • け - みそづけ - meat or fish or vegetables preserved in miso
  • - したあじ - seasoning of food
  • - みそすりぼうず - a low-ranking priest/contemptuous reference to a priest
  • し - みりんぼし - fish sliced open, seasoned with mirin, soy sauce, etc. and dried in the sun
  • - ぼつしゅみ - commonplace/vapid/insipid
  • - ひとあじ - unique or peculiar flavor (flavour)
  • | | ありがた | み | み - ありがたみ - value/worth/virtue/blessing
  • - じょうみ - charm/attractiveness/humanity
  • - ちみ - soil fertility/product of the soil
  • - いっぱんいみろん - general semantics
  • い - そこきみわるい - strange/eerie/ominous
  • | - ていかいしゅみ - disposition toward rejecting mundane affairs and enjoying nature and art
  • - てっかみそ - miso, fried soybeans and vegetables seasoned with sake and sugar
  • - おおあじ - tasteless/flat-tasting
  • - ぎみ - -like/-looking/-looked
  • - たしゅみ - multivaried interests
  • - しろみそ - light-brown miso
  • - かいみ - pleasure
  • - つよみ - strong point
  • - ぜんみ - the flavor of Zen/the flavour of Zen/air or style of disinterestedness
  • 調 - かがくちょうみりょう - chemical seasoning
  • い - ぬかみそくさい - overly concerned with domestic affairs/having an air of domesticity
  • け - ぬかみそづけ - vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste
  • - くそみそ - sweeping denunciation
  • - あおみ - blueness/greenness/tinge of blue (green)
  • - かくしあじ - (putting in) subtle seasoning to bring out the flavor
  • - すみそ - vinegared miso
  • - あかみそ - dark-brown miso paste
  • - かぜぎみ - slight cold
  • いい | - いいきみ - serves one right/what one deserves
  • - しんじつみ - truth (veracity, authenticity) (e.g. of a report)
  • - あかみ - a tinge of red
  • ける - いみづける - to give meaning to
  • - いみげんり - semantics principle
  • - いみじょうのもくてきご - sense object
  • している - あかみがさしている - to be tinged red
  • える - いみをとらえる - to grasp the meaning
  • る - いみをとる - to follow the sense/to understand the meaning of
  • - いみぶもん - semantic component
  • びた - あかみをおびた - tinged with red/reddish
  • わいる - あじわいしる - to taste and know
  • - いみないよう - semantic content (of a term)/meaning (of a sentence)
  • 調える - あじをととのえる - to flavor/to flavour/to season
  • - からいあじ - pungent taste
  • らない - いみがとおらない - incomprehensible/not making sense
  • る - おんなのあじをしる - to have carnal knowledge (of a woman)
  • い - きょうみがうすい - uninteresting
  • - いみのかんけいりろん - relational theory of meaning
  • - いみじょうのしゅご - sense subject
  • る - こっけいみがある - tinged with humor (humour)
  • - ごのいみ - meaning of a word
  • - くみそ - bitter principle
  • - いみやくわり - semantic role
  • - じょうきょういみろん - situation semantics
  • - しちみ - seven delicious flavors (flavours) | blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)/shichimi
  • む - じみにとむ - nutritious/delicious
  • わう - どくしょのおもしろみをあじわう - to appreciate the pleasures of reading
  • - ぶんがくのあじ - the pleasures of literature