うまい (umai)

うまい寿司すし屋やを見みつけたよ。

I found a good sushi restaurant.

美味いかもしれない。

It's probably delicious.

納豆なっとうはくさいが、美味うまい。

Although natto smells awful, it is delicious.

こんなに美味いもの食べたことない。

I have never eaten anything this delicious.

「女おんなも肉にくも腐くさりがけが美味うまい」と課長かちょうはいきなり言いいだした。

The section chief said out of the blue: "Women and meat, I like them a little rotten".

更に、仏教の影響で料理の美味いまずいを口にする事をタブー視していた。

Furthermore, under the influence of Buddhism, it was considered taboo to comment on whether food was tasty or not.

-サケ、ブリ、ニシンなどの塩蔵品、とくに頭やアラを利用するのが美味い。

It would be delicious if salt cured products such as chum salmon, adult yellowtail and herring, in particular their head and ara (discarded portions of the fish) are used.

また、仏教の影響で味の美味いまずいを口にする事をタブー視していたことから、栄養面から見るとかなり悪い食事であった。

In conclusion, such meals had low nutritional value, and they considered making comments on what they were eating as taboo under the influence of Buddhism.

この後で八代目三津五郎は「世の中にはこのような美味い物があるのか」と驚いたという（出典：週刊『人間国宝』、朝日新聞社）。

Afterwards, Mitsugoro the 8th, surprised, said 'I never knew that such a delicious food like this existed in the world' (from "Ningen Kokuho" - Living National Treasures weekly magazine, The Asahi Shinbun Company).

--「やきいもーやきいもー栗よりうまい十三里ー」栗より美味い十三里と言う文言は「栗」を九里と「より」を四里とを足して焼き芋のことを十三里というなぞかけ言葉である。

The vendors sold baked sweet potatoes by shouting 'Sweet Potatoes! Sweet Potatoes! It's 13 ri (old Japanese unit of distance), 4 ri more delicious than 9 ri!,' which is a wordplay meaning that sweet potatoes are more delicious ('more' is synonym of '4 ri') than chestnuts (synonym of '9 ri'.)