Illustration: At the counter of a small udon shop, the cook slides freshly grated ginger from a ceramic grater into a customer's steaming bowl. A cut ginger root and scattered fibers make the ingredient unmistakable.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

利きかせる

kikaseru

to make use of, to bring out

Often used of seasoning or influence. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

もう少すこしこしょうを利きかせなさい。
Add a little more pepper.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
これに酢すなどの酸味さんみを効きかせ、食たべる。
Vinegar is added to give it an acidic taste making it edible.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
彼かれは幅はばを利きかせて何なにでも自分じぶんの思おもうようにさせる。
He gets his way by throwing his weight around.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 利

利profit; advantageOnリKunきく

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