🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)
まーさん【旨さん・美味さん・甘さん・上手さん・巧さん】 : maasan | define meaning
maasan
Pronunciation: [maːsaŋ̍]
Definition
Sa-Adjective
- Delicious; tasty
- いっぺーまーさん
ippee maasan
"It's really delicious" - まーこーねーん
maakoo neen
"It does not taste good"
- いっぺーまーさん
Etymology
Cognate with Okinawan まーさん maasan; Yaeyama まーさん maasan; Kagoshima んまか nmaka or うんまか unmaka; and standard Japanese うまい umai "delicious".
Historical Ryukyuan attestations
- Vocabulary of the language spoken at the Great Loo-Choo Island, in the Japan Sea (1818), by Herbert John Clifford, records "Good (for eating). Mása" and "Good for nothing. Máconárang".
Spelling
| Orthography | Form |
|---|---|
| Kanji | 旨さん 美味さん 甘さん 上手さん 巧さん |
| Kana | まーさん |
| Romanization | maasan |
| Pronunciation (IPA) | [maːsaŋ̍] |
意味：うまい【旨い・美味い・甘い・上手い・巧い】、おいしい【美味しい】
Categories:
旨さん
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, January 4). まーさん【旨さん・美味さん・甘さん・上手さん・巧さん】 : maasan | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, January 11, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/219/maasan/.