taste

味

食べ物や飲み物などを舌に触れさせた時に感じるもの。

やさしい英語で： The feeling that food, drink, or another substance produces on your tongue.

• The soup has a salty taste.
• A strange taste remained in my mouth.
• Do you like the taste of lemon?

使い方： taste of something (I love the taste of fresh strawberries.)

類義語： flavour

よく使う表現： sweet taste, bitter taste, taste of something, strange taste

味覚

食べたり飲んだりする時に、舌で味を感じる能力。

やさしい英語で： The ability to notice flavours with your tongue when you eat or drink.

• Taste helps us enjoy food.
• She lost her sense of taste during the illness.
• Smell and taste work together when we eat.

よく使う表現： sense of taste, loss of taste, taste and smell

好み、趣味、センス

好きなものの傾向や、見た目や響きのよいものを選ぶ感覚。

やさしい英語で： The kinds of things you like, and your ability to choose things that look or sound good.

• She has good taste in clothes.
• Our tastes in music are very different.
• Is this painting to your taste?

使い方： taste in something (We have similar taste in music.); to someone's taste (The bright wallpaper isn't to my taste.)

類義語： preference, liking

よく使う表現： good taste, taste in music, personal taste, to someone's taste

味がする

食べたり飲んだりすると、ある特定の味を感じさせる。

やさしい英語で： To have a particular flavor when you eat or drink it.

• This cake tastes good.
• The water tasted strange yesterday.
• Does the soup taste too salty?

使い方： taste + adjective (These apples taste sweet.); taste like something (The sauce tastes like lemon.)

よく使う表現： taste good, taste sweet, taste like something

味見する

味を確かめるために少し食べたり飲んだりする。

やさしい英語で： To eat or drink a little of something to find out its flavor.

• Taste this cheese.
• She tasted the sauce before adding salt.
• Have you tasted the local bread?

類義語： try, sample

よく使う表現： taste something, taste the soup, taste the sauce