Chinese

Noun

甘味

1. sweetness; sweet taste

   回頭看人生有甘味。 [Min Nan, trad.]

   回头看人生有甘味。 [Min Nan, simp.]

   From: 陳百潭, 甘味人生

   Hôe-thâu khòaⁿ lîn-seng ū kam-bī. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   There is sweetness in life when you look back later.

2. sweet flavouring
3. (literary) delicious food

Derived terms

Descendants

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Yutōyomi
• (Tokyo) あまみ [àmámí] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠mi]

Noun

甘味 ‎(hiragana あまみ, romaji amami)

1. sweetness

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) か​んみ [káꜜǹmì] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kã̠mmi]

Noun

甘味 ‎(hiragana かんみ, romaji kanmi)

1. sweetness

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9