► 成句
味 [(2)あじ] [味を占める] meaning: taste rank: 3
☆ 彼は最初の詐欺に味を占めて何度も犯行を繰返した ⇨ He got the taste with his first scam, and has repeated the crime many times (☛ Usually refers to bad behaviors, habits.)
► 名詞
味 [(2)あじ] [味がする] meaning: taste rank: 1
☆ この水は変な味がする ⇨ This water tastes weird
► 形容動詞
味 [(2)あじ] meaning: tact rank: 4
☆ あの二人の中を取り持つなんて、あいつも味な事をするね ⇨ It is really tactful of him to act as a go-between for those two (☛ Always positive connotations. tactful, clever, impressive)
More examples:
- 味噌汁 (みそしる) ⇨ Miso soup
- 彼のやっていることは自己満足のためだけで、実際は何の意味も無い ⇨ What he is doing is utterly pointless, other than satisfying his own vanity
- 上司が妙に機嫌が良いので不気味だ ⇨ It is kind of scary that my boss is in such a good mood
- 味付けをちょっと変えてみたんですけど、どんなもんでしょう？ ⇨ I’ve changed the seasoning a little bit, but what do you think?
- この単語の意味が分からない ⇨ I don’t understand the meaning of this word
- 数学は無味乾燥な感じがする ⇨ Math feels no taste and dry, boring, too sanitized
- 彼は流行に全く興味が無い ⇨ He is not interested in the latest things at all
- このワインは甘ったるくて美味しくない ⇨ This wine is unpleasantly sweet
- 丁度いい塩梅の味付けだ ⇨ The seasoning was done right
- 彼女は意味深に笑った ⇨ She laughed ambiguously, insinuatingly
- この店は伝統の味を守っている ⇨ This restaurant is maintaining its traditional tastes
- タダ飯食いの癖してもっと美味いものはないかとは余りにも厚かましい ⇨ How shameless for a freeloader to demand better food
- 彼の趣味は高尚過ぎてついていけない ⇨ His taste is too sophisticated and I cannot keep up
- 質問の意味が分からず、咄嗟に受け答えが出来なかった ⇨ I didn’t understand the question, and I wasn’t able to respond immediately
- あんなブスが好きなんてあいつは変な趣味をしている ⇨ He has very weird taste to like an ugly woman like her