"うまい" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [ɯ̟ma̠i]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE. Sometimes reconstructed as Proto-Japonic *uma. The ultimate derivation remains unclear. The term occasionally appears in texts from the Heian period (794–1185 CE) with the phonetic spelling mumashi (in the classical terminal form), suggesting a possible pronunciation of */mmasi/ with an emphasized initial /mm/ sound, similar to the reconstructed readings for 馬 (*mma, “horse”) and 梅 (*mme, “plum”). The resulting reconstructed adjective stem of *mma- could indicate a derivation from onomatopoeia; compare English mmm as an expression of approval for something tasty. Alternatively, umai is listed in some sources as perhaps deriving from verb 熟む (umu, “to ripen, to become ripe”). There is a derived compound term where the meaning is clearly from the adjective, and the spelling uses the 熟 kanji from the verb. However, the verb does not appear in historical sources with an emphatic initial /mm/, and it seems to be cognate with 膿む (umu, “to fester, to fill with pus, to produce pus”, intransitive), possibly also with 生む, 産む (umu, “to bear, to give birth to; to produce”, transitive). Reconstructed by Samuel Martin as Proto-Japonic *ma-. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*uma}} Proto-Japonic *uma, {{unk|ja|unclear}} unclear, {{noncog|en|mmm}} English mmm, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*ma-}} Proto-Japonic *ma- Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=i}} うまい • (umai) -i (adverbial うまく (umaku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=|lemma=うま|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: umai [romanization], うまく [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], うまかろ [imperfective, stem], umakaro [imperfective, stem], うまく [continuative, stem], umaku [continuative, stem], うまい [stem, terminative], umai [stem, terminative], うまい [attributive, stem], umai [attributive, stem], うまけれ [hypothetical, stem], umakere [hypothetical, stem], うまかれ [imperative, stem], umakare [imperative, stem], うまくない [informal, negative], umaku nai [informal, negative], うまかった [informal, past], umakatta [informal, past], うまくなかった [informal, negative, past], umaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], うまいです [formal], umai desu [formal], うまくないです [formal, negative], umaku nai desu [formal, negative], うまかったです [formal, past], umakatta desu [formal, past], うまくなかったです [formal, negative, past], umaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], うまくて [conjunctive], umakute [conjunctive], うまければ [conditional], umakereba [conditional], うまかったら [conditional, past], umakattara [conditional, past], うまかろう [volitional], umakarō [volitional], うまく [adverbial], umaku [adverbial], うまさ [noun-from-adj], umasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. 上手い, 巧い: good at something, skillful Synonyms: 上手
    Sense id: en-うまい-ja-adj-0kxuROEF
  2. 美味い, 旨い, 甘い, 甘美い: delicious, tasty Synonyms: 美味しい
    Sense id: en-うまい-ja-adj-IsquVN79
  3. 旨い: favorable, preferable, good Synonyms: 好ましい, 良い
    Sense id: en-うまい-ja-adj-zBs6-8pl Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 5 77 2 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 3 7 60 3 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 6 70 2 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 6 70 2 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 6 70 2 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 5 81 0 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 2 93 0 5
  4. 旨い: profitable
    Sense id: en-うまい-ja-adj-KcGXt1U7
  5. (uncommon) 旨い: thoughtless, foolish, lackadaisical, slipshod, short-sighted Tags: uncommon Synonyms: 甘い [common], 愚か, 浅はか
    Sense id: en-うまい-ja-adj-F8hSQgsp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: うまいい (umaii) (english: tasty rice), うまうま: tasty (umauma) (alt: 旨旨) [baby-talk], delicious, milk, the mother's breast, うまき: delicious saké (umaki) (alt: 味酒), うまくさい: smelling delicious (umakusai) (alt: 旨臭い), seeming favorable, うまくち: sweet flavor (umakuchi) (alt: 甘口) (english: as of a wine or sauce, in contrast to dry or sour), convincing word, flattery, うまさ: deliciousness (umasa) (alt: 旨さ), tastiness, うまさけ (umasake), うまざけ: delicious saké (umazake) (alt: 旨酒; 味酒, 美酒), うまに: sweet nimono (umani) (alt: 甘煮; 旨煮) (english: a kind of traditional Japanese simmered dish), うまひと: someone from a good family (umahito) (alt: 味人; 貴人), a noble, an aristocrat, うまみ: taste (umami) (alt: 旨味), flavor, savor, savoriness, attractiveness, charm, profit, うまら: delicious (umara) (alt: 旨ら; 甘ら, 美ら) [archaic], tasty, pleasant, comfortable

Alternative forms

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      "english": "tasty rice",
      "roman": "umaii",
      "word": "うまいい"
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      "roman": "umauma",
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      "word": "the mother's breast"
    },
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      "alt": "味酒",
      "roman": "umaki",
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      "alt": "旨臭い",
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      "alt": "旨さ",
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      "word": "a noble"
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      "word": "an aristocrat"
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      "alt": "旨味",
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      "word": "flavor"
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      "word": "savor"
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      "word": "attractiveness"
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      "word": "profit"
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    {
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      "expansion": "English mmm",
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "umai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまく",
      "roman": "umaku",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "うまい • (umai) -i (adverbial うまく (umaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "",
        "lemma": "うま",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Your Japanese is good.",
          "roman": "Kimi no Nihongo ga umai na.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "君",
              "きみ"
            ],
            [
              "日",
              "に"
            ],
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "ご"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "君の日本語がうまいな。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He's good at tennis.",
          "roman": "Kare wa tenisu ga umai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "彼はテニスがうまい。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "上手い, 巧い: good at something, skillful"
      ],
      "id": "en-うまい-ja-adj-0kxuROEF",
      "links": [
        [
          "上手い",
          "上手い#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "巧い",
          "巧い#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "skillful",
          "skillful"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "上手"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The meal is delicious.",
          "roman": "Meshi ga umai.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "飯",
              "めし"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "飯がうまい。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "美味い, 旨い, 甘い, 甘美い: delicious, tasty"
      ],
      "id": "en-うまい-ja-adj-IsquVN79",
      "links": [
        [
          "美味い",
          "美味い#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "旨い",
          "旨い#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "甘い",
          "甘い#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "甘美い",
          "甘美い#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "delicious",
          "delicious"
        ],
        [
          "tasty",
          "tasty"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "美味しい"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 5 77 2 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 7 60 3 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 6 70 2 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 6 70 2 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 6 70 2 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 5 81 0 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 2 93 0 5",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to visit at a good time",
          "roman": "umai taimingu de hōmon suru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "訪",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "問",
              "もん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "うまいタイミングで訪問する",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "旨い: favorable, preferable, good"
      ],
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          "旨い",
          "旨い#Japanese"
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          "preferable",
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        {
          "word": "好ましい"
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          "word": "良い"
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        {
          "english": "Being a stockbroker is profitable work.",
          "roman": "Kabushikinakagainin to wa umai shigoto desu yo.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "株",
              "かぶ"
            ],
            [
              "式",
              "しき"
            ],
            [
              "仲",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "買",
              "がい"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "仕",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "ごと"
            ]
          ],
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        }
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      "id": "en-うまい-ja-adj-KcGXt1U7",
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          "旨い",
          "旨い#Japanese"
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          "profitable",
          "profitable"
        ]
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "旨い",
          "旨い#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "thoughtless",
          "thoughtless"
        ],
        [
          "foolish",
          "foolish"
        ],
        [
          "lackadaisical",
          "lackadaisical"
        ],
        [
          "slipshod",
          "slipshod"
        ],
        [
          "short-sighted",
          "short-sighted"
        ]
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            "common"
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          "word": "甘い"
        },
        {
          "word": "愚か"
        },
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          "word": "浅はか"
        }
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        "uncommon"
      ]
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    {
      "other": "うまい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ma̠i]"
    }
  ],
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    "Daijirin",
    "Daijisen",
    "Heian period",
    "Man'yōshū",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
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}
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    {
      "english": "tasty rice",
      "roman": "umaii",
      "word": "うまいい"
    },
    {
      "alt": "旨旨",
      "roman": "umauma",
      "tags": [
        "baby-talk"
      ],
      "word": "うまうま: tasty"
    },
    {
      "word": "delicious"
    },
    {
      "word": "milk"
    },
    {
      "word": "the mother's breast"
    },
    {
      "alt": "味酒",
      "roman": "umaki",
      "word": "うまき: delicious saké"
    },
    {
      "alt": "旨臭い",
      "roman": "umakusai",
      "word": "うまくさい: smelling delicious"
    },
    {
      "word": "seeming favorable"
    },
    {
      "alt": "甘口",
      "english": "as of a wine or sauce, in contrast to dry or sour",
      "roman": "umakuchi",
      "word": "うまくち: sweet flavor"
    },
    {
      "word": "convincing word"
    },
    {
      "word": "flattery"
    },
    {
      "alt": "旨さ",
      "roman": "umasa",
      "word": "うまさ: deliciousness"
    },
    {
      "word": "tastiness"
    },
    {
      "roman": "umasake",
      "word": "うまさけ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "旨酒; 味酒, 美酒",
      "roman": "umazake",
      "word": "うまざけ: delicious saké"
    },
    {
      "alt": "甘煮; 旨煮",
      "english": "a kind of traditional Japanese simmered dish",
      "roman": "umani",
      "word": "うまに: sweet nimono"
    },
    {
      "alt": "味人; 貴人",
      "roman": "umahito",
      "word": "うまひと: someone from a good family"
    },
    {
      "word": "a noble"
    },
    {
      "word": "an aristocrat"
    },
    {
      "alt": "旨味",
      "roman": "umami",
      "word": "うまみ: taste"
    },
    {
      "word": "flavor"
    },
    {
      "word": "savor"
    },
    {
      "word": "savoriness"
    },
    {
      "word": "attractiveness"
    },
    {
      "word": "charm"
    },
    {
      "word": "profit"
    },
    {
      "alt": "旨ら; 甘ら, 美ら",
      "roman": "umara",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "うまら: delicious"
    },
    {
      "word": "tasty"
    },
    {
      "word": "pleasant"
    },
    {
      "word": "comfortable"
    }
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      "form": "うまく",
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "ja-i",
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        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "うまかろ",
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "うまい",
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      "form": "umai",
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      "form": "umai",
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      "form": "うまけれ",
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      "form": "umakere",
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      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
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      "form": "うまかれ",
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      "form": "umakare",
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      "form": "うまくない",
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      "form": "umaku nai",
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    },
    {
      "form": "うまかった",
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      "form": "umakatta",
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      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "うまくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "umaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umaku nai desu",
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      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "うまかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "umakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "umakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うまさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "umasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
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        "formal": "い です",
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        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
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        "imperfective": "かろ",
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        {
          "english": "Your Japanese is good.",
          "roman": "Kimi no Nihongo ga umai na.",
          "ruby": [
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              "君",
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              "に"
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              "本",
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              "語",
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          ],
          "text": "君の日本語がうまいな。",
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          "english": "He's good at tennis.",
          "roman": "Kare wa tenisu ga umai.",
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          "text": "彼はテニスがうまい。",
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        "上手い, 巧い: good at something, skillful"
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          "巧い",
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          "good",
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          "word": "上手"
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          "旨い",
          "旨い#Japanese"
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          "甘い",
          "甘い#Japanese"
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          "甘美い",
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        {
          "word": "美味しい"
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          "english": "to visit at a good time",
          "roman": "umai taimingu de hōmon suru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "訪",
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          "text": "うまいタイミングで訪問する",
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        }
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        "旨い: favorable, preferable, good"
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          "旨い",
          "旨い#Japanese"
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          "favorable"
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          "preferable",
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          "good",
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        {
          "word": "好ましい"
        },
        {
          "word": "良い"
        }
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        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "english": "Being a stockbroker is profitable work.",
          "roman": "Kabushikinakagainin to wa umai shigoto desu yo.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "株",
              "かぶ"
            ],
            [
              "式",
              "しき"
            ],
            [
              "仲",
              "なか"
            ],
            [
              "買",
              "がい"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "仕",
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            [
              "事",
              "ごと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "株式仲買人とはうまい仕事ですよ。",
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        }
      ],
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        "旨い: profitable"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "profitable",
          "profitable"
        ]
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      "glosses": [
        "旨い: thoughtless, foolish, lackadaisical, slipshod, short-sighted"
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          "旨い",
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        [
          "thoughtless",
          "thoughtless"
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        [
          "foolish",
          "foolish"
        ],
        [
          "lackadaisical",
          "lackadaisical"
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        [
          "slipshod",
          "slipshod"
        ],
        [
          "short-sighted",
          "short-sighted"
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        "(uncommon) 旨い: thoughtless, foolish, lackadaisical, slipshod, short-sighted"
      ],
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        {
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            "common"
          ],
          "word": "甘い"
        },
        {
          "word": "愚か"
        },
        {
          "word": "浅はか"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うまい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ma̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijirin",
    "Daijisen",
    "Heian period",
    "Man'yōshū",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "うまい"
}

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