Onyomi: カン · Kunyomi: あま.い, あま.える, あま.やかす, うま.い · Meanings: be content, coax, pamper, sugary, sweet
Kanji for be content, coax, pamper, sugary, sweet
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甘 shows something held firmly in the mouth. In ancient times, sweet food was enjoyed slowly and carefully. Because sweetness is pleasant and satisfying, this shape came to mean sweet.
甘 is something held in the mouth because it tastes sweet.
Imagine tasting candy and holding it in your mouth ????, not wanting to bite yet because it’s so sweet. That sweet taste is 甘.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 甘い | あまい | sweet-tasting, sweet, sugary, sugared | common JLPT-N5 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 上手い | うまい | skillful, skilful, skilled, good, expert, clever (expression, trick, etc.), apt, appropriate | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N1 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 甘やかす | あまやかす | to pamper, to spoil | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 甘える | あまえる | to behave like a spoiled child, to fawn on | common JLPT-N1 Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 甘口 | あまくち | sweet flavour, sweet flavor, mildness | JLPT-N1 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| さつま芋 | さつまいも | sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) | common Noun |
| 甘味料 | かんみりょう | sweetener (sugar, honey, saccharin, maltose, etc.), sweetening agent, sweetening | Noun |
| 甘え | あまえ | overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors), lack of self-reliance, presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour), presumed benevolence, attention-seeking (behavior) | common Noun |
| 甘んじる | あまんじる | to content oneself with, to be resigned to (one's fate), to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot) | Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 甘受 | かんじゅ | submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.), putting up with, resigning oneself to, accepting (without complaint) | Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 甘言 | かんげん | sweet words, smooth talk, cajolery, flattery, sycophancy | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 甘美 | かんび | sweet (taste), luscious | Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| 甘えん坊 | あまえんぼう | wheedling child, spoiled child, pampered child, child who always demands attention | Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 甘酒 | あまざけ | sweet half sake, sweet drink made from fermented rice | Noun |
| 上手く | うまく | skilfully, skillfully, well, aptly, cleverly | Adverb (fukushi) |