Umami  a savory taste, is one of the five basic tastes, together with sweet, sour, bitter and salty. A loanword from the Japanese (うま味?), umamican be translated "pleasant savory taste".This particula…

Umami  a savory taste, is one of the five basic tastes, together with sweet, sour, bitter and salty. A loanword from the Japanese (うま味^?), umamican be translated "pleasant savory taste".This particular writing was chosen by Professor Kikunae Ikeda from umai (うまい) "delicious" and mi (味) "taste". Thekanji 旨味 are used for a more general meaning to describe a food as delicious.