Question

味 あじ、あじ.わう 意味(いみ): meaning; significance味(あじ): (1) flavor; flavour; taste (2) charm; style (3) experience (4) smart; clever; witty; strange興味(きょうみ): interest (in something)趣味(しゅみ): (1) hobby; pastime (2) tastes; preference; liking気味(きみ): (1) sensation; feeling (2) tendency; propensity地味(じみ): plain; simple; subdued; sober味方(みかた): friend; ally; supporter味覚(みかく): taste; palate; sense of taste調味料(ちょうみりょう): flavoring (e.g. salt, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, etc.); seasoning味わい(あじわい): (1) flavour; flavor (2) meaning; significance三味線(しゃみせん): three-stringed Japanese guitar; shamisen加味(かみ): (1) seasoning; flavoring; flavouring (2) taking (something) into consideration; taking into account味わう(あじわう): to taste; to savor; to relish味噌(みそ): (1) miso; bean paste (2) key (main) point; good part (of something) (3) weak person無意味(むいみ): nonsense; no meaning; meaningless吟味(ぎんみ): testing; scrutiny; careful investigation美味しい(おいしい): delicious; tasty; sweet不味い(まずい): (1) unappetising; unappetizing; unpleasant (taste, appearance, situation) (2) unskillful; unskilful; bungling; clumsy (3) ugly; homely; plain; unattractive (4) awkward; untimely; inopportune; unfavorable; unwise正味(しょうみ): net (weight)気味(ぎみ): -like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...味(み): (1) (sense of) taste (2) counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.五味(ごみ): (1) five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter); five palates; five tastes (2) 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 3 口: mouth未: un-; not yet; hitherto; still; even now; sign of the ram; 1-3PM; eighth sign of Chinese zodiac 口 3 (none) flavor To enjoy a food´s FLAVOR, it must be in one´s MOUTH but NOT YET swallowed.

Accepted Answer

ミ flavor, taste 4 442 8 30 くち・くちへん 形声 Phonetic My mouth has not yet swallowed the food because the flavor is so delicious that I keep chewing it.

Kanji	味
Onyomi	ミ
Kunyomi	あじ、あじ.わう
English	flavor, taste
Examples	意味(いみ): meaning; significance 味(あじ): (1) flavor; flavour; taste (2) charm; style (3) experience (4) smart; clever; witty; strange 興味(きょうみ): interest (in something) 趣味(しゅみ): (1) hobby; pastime (2) tastes; preference; liking 気味(きみ): (1) sensation; feeling (2) tendency; propensity 地味(じみ): plain; simple; subdued; sober 味方(みかた): friend; ally; supporter 味覚(みかく): taste; palate; sense of taste 調味料(ちょうみりょう): flavoring (e.g. salt, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, etc.); seasoning 味わい(あじわい): (1) flavour; flavor (2) meaning; significance 三味線(しゃみせん): three-stringed Japanese guitar; shamisen 加味(かみ): (1) seasoning; flavoring; flavouring (2) taking (something) into consideration; taking into account 味わう(あじわう): to taste; to savor; to relish 味噌(みそ): (1) miso; bean paste (2) key (main) point; good part (of something) (3) weak person 無意味(むいみ): nonsense; no meaning; meaningless 吟味(ぎんみ): testing; scrutiny; careful investigation 美味しい(おいしい): delicious; tasty; sweet 不味い(まずい): (1) unappetising; unappetizing; unpleasant (taste, appearance, situation) (2) unskillful; unskilful; bungling; clumsy (3) ugly; homely; plain; unattractive (4) awkward; untimely; inopportune; unfavorable; unwise 正味(しょうみ): net (weight) 気味(ぎみ): -like; -looking; -looked; tending to ... 味(み): (1) (sense of) taste (2) counter for food, drink, medicine, etc. 五味(ごみ): (1) five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter); five palates; five tastes (2) 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
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	442
Components	口: mouth 未: un-; not yet; hitherto; still; even now; sign of the ram; 1-3PM; eighth sign of Chinese zodiac
Number of Strokes	8
Kanji Radical	口
Radical Number	30
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	くち・くちへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	flavor
Koohii Story 1	My mouth has not yet swallowed the food because the flavor is so delicious that I keep chewing it.
Koohii Story 2	To enjoy a food´s FLAVOR, it must be in one´s MOUTH but NOT YET swallowed.

Taste Meaning Flavor Mouth Significance Flavour Plain Taking