Japanese symbol for “luscious”
甘美
かんび
Romaji: kanbi
sweet (taste); luscious
In Japanese, luscious is 甘美, read かんび (kanbi).
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Meanings
- adj-na, n sweet (taste); luscious
- adj-na, n sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant; mellow; mellifluous
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 甘い | あまい amai | sweet-tasting; sweet; sugary |
| 甘味 | あまみ amami | sweetness; sugary taste |
| 甘え | あまえ amae | overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour) |
| 甘える | あまえる amaeru | to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on |
| 甘やかす | あまやかす amayakasu | to pamper; to spoil |
| 美しい | うつくしい utsukushii | beautiful; pretty; lovely |
| 美人 | びじん bijin | beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle |
| 美術 | びじゅつ bijutsu | art; fine arts |
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.