一いち味み

noun

gang; ring; clique; conspirators

Refers to a group of people acting together, often with a negative or conspiratorial connotation. Used for criminal gangs, political factions, or any tight-knit group with a shared (often secret) purpose.

• 警けい察さつは強ごう盗とう一いち味みを逮たい捕ほした。

  The police arrested the robbery gang.

• 彼かれは反はん政せい府ふ一いち味みの一いち員いんだった。

  He was a member of an anti-government clique.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

participation in a plot; being in league with

Used with する to mean joining or being involved in a conspiracy or secret plan. Often appears in the pattern 一味する or 一味となる.

• 彼かれはその陰いん謀ぼうに一いち味みした。

  He participated in the plot.

noun

one flavor; one charm

Literally 'one taste' or 'one flavor'. Can refer to a single flavor in food, or metaphorically to a unique charm or characteristic. Less common than the group sense.

• この料りょう理りは一ひと味あじ違ちがう。

  This dish has a unique flavor.

noun

one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)

Technical term in kampo (traditional Chinese medicine) for a single ingredient in a formula. Rare in everyday language.

• この漢かん方ぽう薬やくは五ご味みからなるが、一いち味みだけでも効こう果かがある。

  This herbal medicine consists of five ingredients, but even one ingredient alone is effective.

noun

universality of Buddha's teachings

Buddhist term referring to the idea that all of Buddha's teachings share a single, universal flavor or essence. Very rare outside religious contexts.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、すべての教おしえは一いち味みであると説とかれる。

  In Buddhism, it is taught that all teachings are of one flavor.