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ふうみ【風味】 : fuumi | define meaning

fuumi

Pronunciation: [ɸuːmi]

Definition

Noun

Taste; flavor; flavour

Etymology

Cognate with or borrowed from Japanese ふうみ【風味】 fuumi "taste". Ultimately from Chinese 【風味・风味】 "flavor" (cf. Mandarin fēngwèi; Cantonese fung1 mei6; Hokkien hong-bī).

Historical Ryukyuan attestations

沖縄語典 Okinawa goten (Okinawan language dictionary) (1896), by Masayo Nakamoto, records "「ふうみ」風味（フウミ）アヂハヒ".

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Orthography	Form
Kanji	風味
Kana	ふうみ
Romanization	fuumi
Pronunciation (IPA)	[ɸuːmi]

意味：ふうみ【風味】、あじわい【味わい】

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2026, June 2). ふうみ【風味】 : fuumi | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2026, June 24, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/8816/fuumi/.