sweetness; sweet taste
Refers to the taste, quality, or degree of sweetness in food and drink. 甘み is the safest everyday spelling for this sense.
This pear has a strong sweetness.
If you sauté the onions well, their sweetness comes out.
Only when written 甘味 · Only with reading あまみ
A less straightforward use of あまみ for sweet foods or dessert; it is especially associated with the spelling 甘味, which can also be read かんみ in related modern usage.
When 甘味 is read as あまみ, it can refer to sweet confections or dessert.
This tomato has a natural sweetness.
This fruit becomes sweeter when chilled.
I can sense a faint sweetness in this tea.
Search-only mixed spelling; not recommended as a normal display spelling.