Word Meaning 味覚

みかく mikaku

味覚 is read as みかく (mikaku) and means taste.

Meaning

English

  1. taste
  2. palate
  3. sense of taste

Reading

Kana

みかく

Romaji

mikaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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味覚の秋

みかくのあき

autumn, season of the tastes

味覚障害

みかくしょうがい

dysgeusia

味覚音痴

みかくおんち

having no sense of taste

味付け

あじつけ

seasoning

味方機

みかたき

friendly plane

味を調える

あじをととのえる

to flavor

感覚

かんかく

sense

自覚

じかく

self-consciousness

発覚

はっかく

detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.)

知覚

ちかく

perception

時代感覚

じだいかんかく

sensitivity to the times

色覚

しきかく

sense of color

Example Sentences

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My tongue is swollen, and I can't taste a thing!

I've lost my sense of smell and taste.

You have very good tastes.

It's not that my sense of taste is broken.

It's not that my sense of taste is broken.

It was the time of year when the tastes of autumn were lined up in the storefront.

I can't believe you're able to eat crap like this. Is something wrong with your taste buds?

When you think of fall delicacies in Japan, what comes to mind? To me, it's mackerel pike.