| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 味 | あじ | 〔味覚〕taste；〔食物の味〕(a) taste；〔風味〕(a) flavor，《英》 (a) flavour |
| I 1〔味覚〕taste；〔食物の味〕(a) taste；〔風味〕(a) flavor，《英》 (a) flavour 味をつける 〔調味する〕season ((fish with salt))／〔香味をそえる〕flavor ((cookies with vanilla)) 味を見る taste／sample 味をよく［悪く］する improve [spoil] the taste ((of)) 息子はビールの味を覚えてしまった My son has acquired a taste for beer. 味のないスープ tasteless [flat/insipid] soup 味のいいビフテキ a tasty [delicious] steak 味が落ちる not taste as good as before／lose its flavor 酸っぱい［苦い］味がする This tastes sour [bitter]. にんにくの味がする This has the flavor of garlic.／I (can) taste garlic in it. 変わった味がする This has a strange taste.／I’m not familiar with this taste [flavor]. 味が薄い It needs more seasoning.／This tastes flat [bland]. どんな味がしますか What does it taste like? 2〔味がいいこと〕 あのレストランは味で売っている That restaurant is doing well because it serves good food. II 1〔経験して分かる感じ〕 味を知る 〔経験する〕experience／《文》 taste／〔学ぶ〕learn 異性の味を知る experience sex 彼らは自由の味を知らなかった They had no experience of liberty.／They had not tasted liberty before. 彼に苦労の味を教えてやろう I’ll teach him what hardship 「is like [means]. ぜいたくな生活の味が忘れられなかった He could not forget the luxury [comforts] he had been used to. 文学の味など彼には分からない He can’t appreciate literature at all. 詩の味を覚えた He has acquired a taste for poetry. 危険も登山の味のうちだ Danger is part of the thrill of mountaineering. 2〔妙味，面白み〕味な 味のある言い回し an apt expression／a nice turn of phrase 味のある装飾 tasteful decoration 味のある人柄 a fascinating personality 味のある着こなしをしている She is dressed attractively. 長く付き合わないと味の分からない人だ You have to know him for a while before you can appreciate him. まだ自分の味が出ていない He has not developed his own style yet. 彼の講義は味もそっけもない His lectures are very dull [boring]. 彼女の物の言い方は味もそっけもない Her way of speaking is 「flat and tasteless [so prosaic]. |