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JLPT N1 Vocabulary

味覚みかく (mikaku)

taste, palate, sense of taste

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味覚 (みかく, mikaku) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “taste, palate, sense of taste”.

Kanji in this word

味 flavor 覚 memorize

Example sentences 5

彼かれはするどい味覚みかくの持ち主もちぬしだ

He has sensitive taste buds.

渋味は、生理学的な味覚の1つ。

Astringency is one physiological taste.

風邪かぜで彼かれの味覚みかくは鈍にぶくなっていた。

A cold dulled his taste.

私はあなたと同じ味覚があります。

I have the same sense of taste as you do.

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