味覚 (みかく)taste; palate; sense of taste

taste; palate; sense of tasteadjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

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Kanji in 味覚

意味いみmeaning; significance
味あじflavor; flavour
興味きょうみinterest (in something); curiosity (about something)
趣味しゅみhobby; pastime
持ち味もちあじinherent flavor; inherent flavour
気味きみsensation; feeling
味方みかたfriend; ally
地味じみplain; simple
感覚かんかくsense; sensation
覚悟かくごreadiness; preparedness
覚せい剤かくせいざいstimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)
自覚じかくself-consciousness; self-awareness
視覚しかくsense of sight; vision
発覚はっかくdetection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery
覚書おぼえがきmemo; memorandum
覚えおぼえmemory; sense

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