旨 delicious

Meaning	delicious; relish; show a liking for; purport
On	シ
Kun	むね、うま.い
Strokes	6
First met	N4 lesson 23, in 旨味

Stroke order

Words

Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
旨味	うまみ	savory umami flavor	N4
旨味成分	うまみせいぶん	savory umami chemical compounds	N1
旨味凝縮	うまみぎょうしゅく	concentrated umami density	N1
濃厚な旨味	のうこうなうまみ	ultra-dense concentrated umami profile	N1
旨味浸透	うまみしんとう	deep permeation of savory compounds	N1
旨味濃度	うまみのうど	chemical concentration of umami compounds	N1

Examples

この「蔵(くら)囲(がこ)い」の技法(ぎほう)は、単(たん)なる乾物(かんぶつ)の保管(ほかん)ではない。蔵(くら)の湿度(しつど)と温度(おんど)を微細(びさい)に調節(ちょうせつ)しながら、余分(よぶん)な磯臭(いそくさ)さを飛(と)ばし、純粋(じゅんすい)な旨味(うまみ)成分(せいぶん)であるグルタミン酸(さん)を内部(ないぶ)で濃縮(のうしゅく)・安定(あんてい)化(か)させる伝統(でんとう)の知恵(ちえ)なのだ。

This technique of cellar-aging is not simply storing a dried food. It is traditional wisdom: adjusting the storehouse's humidity and temperature minutely, driving off the excess smell of the shore, and concentrating and stabilizing inside the kelp the pure umami compound, glutamic acid. (N1 lesson 154)