Word Meaning 調味

ちょうみ choumi

調味 is read as ちょうみ (choumi) and means seasoning.

Meaning

English

  1. seasoning
  2. flavoring
  3. flavouring

Reading

Kana

ちょうみ

Romaji

choumi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 20777 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

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調味料

ちょうみりょう

seasoning

化学調味料

かがくちょうみりょう

chemical seasoning (esp. monosodium glutamate)

意味調べ

いみしらべ

looking up the meaning (of a word)

味を調える

あじをととのえる

to flavor

うま味調味料

うまみちょうみりょう

flavour enhancer (e.g. monosodium glutamate)

みりん風調味料

みりんふうちょうみりょう

mirin-style condiment

醸造調味料

じょうぞうちょうみりょう

fermented seasoning (e.g. mirin, cooking sake, miso)

調べ

しらべ

investigation

調子

ちょうし

trend

調理

ちょうり

cooking

調和

ちょうわ

harmony

調べる

しらべる

to examine

Example Sentences

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I can definitively say that this seasoning tastes better than anything you could buy in a store.

I was putting the same seasonings on everything, so I got tired of it.

This seasoning is so versatile that you can put it on anything.

I make a point of not using any store-bought seasonings and always making my own.

The store that I always go to has Calbee potato chips on sale for 98 yen a bag. My favorite flavor is lightly salted. As a matter of fact, the ingredients for this particular flavor changes from time to time. Today's chips are chemical-free, made with natural salt. Fitting for someone like me.

The princess's taste for pleasures was expanding; and we thought only about how to sprinkle on them new seasonings, so as to give them more spice.