旨味
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 旨 | 味 |
| うま Grade: S |
み Grade: 3 |
| yutōyomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 旨 (uma, the stem of adjective 旨い (umai, “tasty, delicious”)) + み (mi, “-ness”, in reference to quality, contrasting with suffix さ (sa, “-ness”) that is used to describe degree).[1][2][3]
The use of 味 to spell the -mi suffix is an example of ateji (当て字).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
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Alternative forms
Noun
- the umami flavour
- tastiness
- skillfulness
- profit
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 旨 read as うま
- Japanese terms spelled with 味 read as み
- Japanese terms read with yutōyomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms spelled with ateji
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- ja:Cooking