えぐみ

English translation: acridity

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Japanese term or phrase:えぐみ
English translation:acridity
Entered by: Yasutomo Kanazawa

12:20 Sep 26, 2010
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
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Japanese term or phrase: えぐみ
はじめはほのかに甘いが、徐々に辛み、えぐみが強くなり下が麻痺する感覚。
merurusa
Local time: 10:40
acridity
Explanation:
from 科学技術35万語大辞典より

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Note added at 8 mins (2010-09-26 12:28:55 GMT)
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http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/刳味
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/acridity
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 10:40
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3bitterness / tanginess
Joyce A
4 +2acridity
Yasutomo Kanazawa


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
acridity


Explanation:
from 科学技術35万語大辞典より

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Note added at 8 mins (2010-09-26 12:28:55 GMT)
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http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/刳味
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/acridity

Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 10:40
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 4

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
bitterness / tanginess


Explanation:
えぐみ =a bitter taste; a tang 
この竹の子の煮付けはちょっとえぐみが残っている。
(Source: Shogakukan Dictionary)

In your sentence the English can be translated as:
...えぐみが強くなり= the bitterness became stronger

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Note added at 16 hrs (2010-09-27 04:29:24 GMT)
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Here is the translation from the dictionary about the 竹の子 example I gave you:
この竹の子の煮付けはちょっとえぐみが残っている
= This boiled bamboo shoot is still a little bitter.


Joyce A
Thailand
Local time: 08:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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