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味をつける (あじをつける) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

味あじをつける

Meanings

1

expression, ichidan verb

season; flavor; add flavoring

food / cooking

Used in cooking to mean adding seasoning or flavoring to food. Also used figuratively for adding a touch of something like alcohol to a drink.

スープに塩しおとこしょうで味あじをつける。
Season the soup with salt and pepper.

彼かれ

は

コーヒー

に

ウイスキー

で

味あじ

を

つけ

た

。

He laced his coffee with whisky.

Written forms

味あじをつける
Standard spelling using the common kanji 味.
味あじを付つける
Variant using 付ける; both spellings are used, but つける is more common in this expression.

Kanji

味flavor, taste
付adhere, attach, refer to

Similar words

調ちょう味みする
調味する is a more formal or technical term for seasoning, often used in recipes or food science contexts, while 味をつける is the everyday expression.

Etymology

Compound of 味 (aji, 'taste, flavor') + を (wo, object marker) + つける (tsukeru, 'to attach, apply'). Literally 'to attach flavor'.