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When 'as in taste', it is almost same as in English.
There are indeed expressions, but some same, some very different. あまいことば = sweet / pleasing words. こどもにあまい = be too kind to the child(ren). 採点(さいてん)があまい = scoring (on a test) is tolerating some subtle mistakes / fuzzy answers. あまいかんがえ = over-optimistic thinking. わきがあまい (lit. 'the armpit is sweet') = too loose so that the opponent takes advantages / is benefited.
Each word is pronounced differently, depending on the pitch of a character it could change the word. For example the word hashi, if one pronounces Ha with a lower pitch and Shi with a higher pitch it is the word "chopsticks", and if the pitches were vise versa it would translate to "brigde" or "edge"
I thought it denoted someone's sweet nature or appearance since I knew this word from the superhero Amai Mask from One Punch Man... now I know that his name doesn't mean something as deep as "he's an evil man wearing the mask of a sweet caring superhero", but that it's talking about a mask that literally tastes sweet? XD
I'm with you, here they pronounce it as "anai", eventhough I KNOW it's got to be "amai"
I have a tip to remember "amai" is sweet. I'm a vietnamese, and in vietnamese, there is a word "ô mai ( pronounce like "omai" in japanese or "oh my" in english)" and ô mai is a kind of sweet in vietnam. Easy, amai = ô mai = sweet :))))
Ama(あま,甘)=sweet, in Japanese many adjectives end with い so the complete adjective form is amai(あまい,甘い); ebi(えび)=shrimp. Reasonable, right? :) <PS.えび is sometimes written in Kanjis 海老>
So just "ama" means sweet as a noun, while "amai" means sweet as an adjective? Amai right? xD
I always remember this because of Amai from Yandere Simulator... she bakes pastries so it fits! :)
Still, it should be accepted if it is correct. Some people use those lessons for repetition.
Very funny for a Belgian. 'Amai' is an expressive word to describe the feeling of 'wow'. It's very specific and is used in a variety of situations.
I was messing around with Duo and wrote "naive" for the answer. Surprised it accepted it. It's been rejecting a lot of my alternate amswers
I just remember this from JoJo when Okuyasu says "Amai!!" It helps me remember
GUYS! Remember AMAI Mask from One Punch Man anime/manga? His english name is SWEET Mask. AMAI=SWEET
I remember that amai is sweet thanks to "ah might go buy candy." Might help someone, might not.
I was wondering if I am mistaken in my understanding that "amai" not only means "sweet" but also "rain"?
So a couple weeks ago i googled some of the words on here like i googled ohayo and hai and stuff in their romanized forms, and i googled amai bc a friend whos ahead of me on duolingo had told me about it, and ive never forgotten, that its like some sort of mexican association or something, and it helps a lot bc i think mexico, spicy, halfway across the globe or whatever, Japan, sweet. So thats how i remember this one
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"Sweets" is a noun and means "candy", "sweet" is an adjective used to describe nouns. As an example: "The candy is sweet" or "The sweets are sweet".
It can also be used metaphorically for a naive person, saying someone is sweet is saying life has not hardened them or made them bitter yet xD.
It's used this way a lot in anime because, you know, generally everyone is pretty honest and plays with their cards facing up in anime right? /sarcasm
Amai teh artina amis atawa sweet mun ceuk mamang aing mah,nulis ktakanana あまい kitu nuhun.tong poho kade tah actually you sweet in you dream fake
You have to go to your keyboard's configuration (at least in you phone). Also, youcould google it if you don't know how to change it to japanese.
That depends on the operating system you're using.
I'm on Linux, for example, so I installed ibus (input bus) – a piece of software that captures keypresses and it can then convert them into different characters. Then I installed all sorts of different input methods for it, for different languages and alphabets I use. For Japanese, it's called Anthy. There are similar for Chinese (hanzi), Korean (hangul), Arabic, Russian (Cyrillic) etc.
On Windows, you probably need to install a keyboard mapping.
Oh, you will probably also need fonts. Google's Noto fonts (also known as "no tofu") are pretty good for Eastern alphabets.
You have to go to your keyboard's configuration (at least in you phone). Also, youcould google it if you don't know how to change it to japanese.
Minor nitpick: Before "Unicorn", you put "a", not "an", because the initial "u" is read as "yu", so it starts with a consonant-like sound. You use "an" when the following word starts with a vowel sound (not letter).
Unless your nickname is ironic or something ;)
Errr... What is the diference of "sweet" and "cute"? (I am Brazilian, there isn't Japanese course in Portuguese :""))
"sweet" refers to a kind personality OR a sugary flavor, and "cute" mostly refers to style :)
you're right, the ま character is "ma". the word is "amai", but duolingo's audio can sound strange
