Japanese symbol for “bland”
大味
おおあじ
Romaji: ooaji
flat-tasting; bland; lacking in flavor
In Japanese, bland is 大味, read おおあじ (ooaji).
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Meanings
- adj-na, n flat-tasting; bland; lacking in flavor
- adj-na, n dull; flat; unimaginative; boring
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “bland”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 淡々 | たんたん tantan | plain; light; simple |
| 無味無臭 | むみむしゅう mumimushuu | tasteless and odorless; bland |
| 当たり障りのない | あたりさわりのない atarisawarinonai | harmless (remark, topic, etc.); inoffensive; safe |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大丈夫 | だいじょうぶ daijoubu | safe; secure; sound |
| 大変 | たいへん taihen | very; greatly; terribly |
| 大学 | だいがく daigaku | university; college |
| 最大 | さいだい saidai | biggest; greatest; largest |
| 大会 | たいかい taikai | mass meeting; convention; rally |
| 大統領 | だいとうりょう daitouryou | president (of a country) |
| 意味 | いみ imi | meaning; significance; sense |
| 興味 | きょうみ kyoumi | interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “bland”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.