| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 不味い | まずい | unpleasant (taste) |
| 味わう | あじわう | to taste, to relish, to savor, to appreciate |
| 味をつけ | あじをつける | to season (food), to flavor (food) |
| 味噌 | みそ | miso, bean paste |
| 味 | あじ | flavor, taste |
| 地味な | じみな | plain (living), simple (tastes), subdued (colors) |
| 強味 | つよみ | strongpoint |
| 意味 | いみ | (a) meaning, a sense |
| 味方 | みかた | friend, ally, supporter |
| 不気味 | ぶきみ | weird |
| 臭味 | しゅみ | an interest, a hobby |
| 興味 | きょうみ | (an) interest (in something) |
| 味見する | あじみする | to taste, to have a taste of, to sample |
| 調味料 | ちょうみりょう | condiment, seasoning |
| 趣味 | しゅみ | hobby |
| 三味線の駒 | しゃみせんのこま | bridge of shamisen |
| 乙な味 | おつなあじ | strange taste, spicy taste |
| 俳味 | はいみ | subdued taste, refined taste, haiku (poetic) flavor (flavour) |
| 吟味 | ぎんみ | testing, scrutiny, careful investigation |
| 味わい | あじわい | flavour, flavor; meaning, significance |
| 味覚 | みかく | taste, palate, sense of taste |
| 地味 | じみ | plain, simple, subdued, sober |
| 妙味 | みょうみ | exquisite, charm, profit |
| 悪趣味 | あくしゅみ | bad taste |
| 意味合い | いみあい | implication, nuance |
| 持ち味 | もちあじ | inherent flavor, inherent flavour, distinctive characteristic |
| 気味 | きみ | sensation, feeling |
| 滋味 | じみ | nutriment, wholesome, savoriness, savouriness, rich food, nourishment |
| 滋味に富む | じみにとむ | nutritious, delicious |
| 珍味 | ちんみ | delicacy |
| 甘味料 | かんみりょう | sweeteners, sweetening materials |