あま
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. sweet-tasting; sweet; sugary; sugared
2. fragrant (smelling); sweet (music)
3. lightly salted; light in salt; not spicy
4. naive; overly optimistic; soft on; generous; indulgent; easy-going; lenient
5. half-hearted; not finished properly
6. insufficient; not satisfactory; inadequate; loose
7. mild
8. tempting; enticing; luring
Pitch accent
まい
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Used in vocabulary (18 in total)
sweets; sweet food
spoony; spooney; having a soft spot for women
handsome face; beautiful features
alluring words; endearing words; sugared words; sweet words; honeyed words; flattery
sweet voice; seductive voice
having a poor endgame; missing at the last turn
poor at preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip; having weak defenses; off one's guard; vulnerable (to attack)
sweet tooth; love of sweet things
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
poor at preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip; having weak defenses; off one's guard; vulnerable (to attack)
to go easy on somebody; to be easygoing; to be lenient
overly optimistic; misjudged; underestimated
overly optimistic; misjudged; underestimated
overly optimistic; misjudged; underestimated
spoony; spooney; having a soft spot for women
to be experienced in the ways of the world; to taste the bitter and the sweet
indulgent to (one's) children
sentimental novel
Examples (39 in total)
Is that sweet?
Peaches are sweet.
Life is not that sweet.