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单词 umami
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umami

[ oo-mah-mee ]
/ uˈmɑ mi /

noun

a strong meaty taste imparted by glutamate and certain other amino acids: often considered to be one of the basic taste sensations along with sweet, sour, bitter, and salty.

Origin of umami

First recorded in 1960–65; from Japanese: literally, “savory quality, delicious taste,” equivalent to uma-, stem of umai “delicious” + -mi, suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives

Words nearby umami

Ulundi, Uluru, Ulyanovsk, Ulysses, um, umami, Umar, Umar Tal, Umayyad, umbel, umbellate
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Example sentences from the Web for umami

  • This unsmoked, wet-cured ham is the sine qua non of Parisian butcher shops: a light, ephemeral meat, sweet but umami.

    Easter's Top Five Hams|Mark Scarbrough|March 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST
  • If “umami” was recently accepted into the lexicon...maybe “tomato-ey” isn't that far behind.

    The Only Food That Matters|Katie Workman|August 18, 2009|DAILY BEAST
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