sweetness; sugary taste
Refers to the sweet taste itself, often in discussions of flavor balance or food science.
This watermelon has a strong sweetness.
Figurative use, often describing a person's sweet or endearing quality. Less common than the literal senses.
Rarely used as a general term for taste; more commonly refers to sweetness. This sense appears mainly in older or literary contexts.
料理に甘味を加えるためにみりんを使う。
I use mirin to add sweetness to the dish.
I'll have a dessert after the meal.
Her smile has a unique charm.
This dish lacks flavor.
甘味 is a somewhat literary or old-fashioned word for sweets, often used for traditional Japanese confections, whereas 菓子 is the everyday general term.
酸味 refers to sourness, while 甘味 refers to sweetness, the opposite basic taste.
甘味 means the quality or taste of sweetness itself, whereas 甘味料 is the physical substance added to create that sweetness.
甘味 written with the same kanji as 甘み is usually read かんみ in formal or culinary contexts, so learners must judge the reading from context rather than assume あまみ.
甘味 is a noun meaning 'sweetness' or 'a sweet food,' while 甘美 is a na-adjective describing something as being sweet or delightful, so they cannot be swapped grammatically.
Compound of 甘 (kan, 'sweet') and 味 (mi, 'taste'). The reading かんみ is the on'yomi for both characters.