あまじょっぱい

Japanese

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Alternative spellings
甘塩っぱい
甘じょっぱい

Etymology

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From (あま) (ama-) + (しょ)っぱい (shoppai). The shoppai changes to joppai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [a̠ma̠ʑo̞p̚pa̠i]

Adjective

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あまじょっぱい (amajoppai-i (adverbial あまじょっぱく (amajoppaku))

  1. salty yet sweet

Inflection

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