Illustration: At a home kitchen table, an adult takes part in a playful blind tasting while a friend offers a tiny piece of pickled plum on a spoon. A soft blindfold covers the taster's eyes, and their mouth puckers sharply as the food touches the tongue.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

味み覚かく

mikaku

sense of taste

Example sentences

  1. 舌したが腫はれて、味覚みかくがない！

    My tongue is swollen, and I can’t taste a thing!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 風邪かぜで彼かれの味覚みかくは鈍にぶくなっていた。

    A cold dulled his taste.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 嗅覚きゅうかくと味覚みかくが失うしなわれてしまった。

    I’ve lost my sense of smell and taste.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 味覚

  • 味flavor; tasteOnミKunあじ・あじわう
  • 覚remember; learnOnカクKunおぼえる・さます・さめる

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