Illustration: At a neighborhood pottery fair, a potter offers a visitor a cup whose handle resembles a small cat stretching its back. Several other pieces on the same table have equally practical but gently funny animal handles: a curled fox, a dangling monkey, and a sleepy dog.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

持もち味あじ

mochiaji

distinctive quality, strength

Example sentences

  1. 「当あたって砕くだけよ」が俺おれの持もち味あじだからね。

    My strong point is my philosophy - nothing ventured nothing gained.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 加くわえて、買かい手てである大だいメーカーの言いうままに酒さけを造つくっていればよかったので、蔵くらの本来ほんらいの持もち味あじはどんどん失うしなわれていった。

    In addition, since it could make a living as long as it produced sake following what big manufacturers requested, the original characteristics of each sake brewery was lost gradually.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 武士ぶしが好このんだ細こまかな幾何学模様きかがくもようで簡素かんそで粋いきな印象いんしょうの江戸小紋えどこもんとは違ちがい、友禅模様ゆうぜんもようを基本きほんにした色鮮いろあざやかで伸のびやかな印象いんしょうが持もち味あじである。

    Unlike Edo-komon with a simple and stylish impression using fine geometrical patterns preferred by samurai, the feature of Kyo-komon is a colorful and free impression based on the yuzen patterns.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 持味

  • 持hold; haveOnジKunもつ・もてる
  • 味flavor; tasteOnミKunあじ・あじわう

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