Get to know Umami better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Umami in a sentence
Umami meaning
One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.
Using Umami
- The main meaning on this page is: One of the five basic tastes, the savory taste of foods such as seaweed, cured fish, aged cheeses and meats.
- In the example corpus, umami often appears in combinations such as: of umami, with umami, the umami.
Context around Umami
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Umami
- In this selection, "umami" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, meets, complicated, tostada, meets, style and flavour stand out and add context to how "umami" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a complicated umami flavour and a great umami flavoured substitute. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "umami" sits close to words such as abington, abled and adorno, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with umami
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The rich marrow makes a great umami flavoured substitute for creamy sauces. (12 words)
Umami Fries expanded to be open seven days a week a few days ago. (14 words)
More than 2,100 research papers about umami are now listed by the National Library of Medicine. (17 words)
My dining partner, whose palate is far more sophisticated than that belonging to this unreconstructed nugget aficionado, notes the umami depths of flavour and hails the textural balance of meat and fat, describing the dish as the “pork belly of dreams”. (41 words)
But as fruits go, tomatoes are surprisingly high in umami, giving them a really savory and satisfying flavor in a fresh and acidic package with a little sweetness and just enough bitterness to give it some gravitas. (37 words)
The latest phase in Travail's continuous reinvention takes the restaurant back to an earlier time, when it operated Umami, a pan-Asian tasting menu in a north Minneapolis fried chicken restaurant. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
So, too, in umami-meets-umami style, a richer dry sherry, such as oloroso, with anything miso-based (, at £6.50 for 37.5cl, does this job just fine).
It was nicely smoked and its spongy texture absorbed the dish's tasty gravy — releasing a complicated umami flavour.
The flavor profile is described as nacho cheese, corn tostada, umami with a hint of acidity that would work best in a margarita or bloody mary.
The group, consisting of Umami, Manapool, Nadir, Sweeet and Eric Donté, wanted to create a place where they could hear "good club music," Nadir says.
The latest phase in Travail's continuous reinvention takes the restaurant back to an earlier time, when it operated Umami, a pan-Asian tasting menu in a north Minneapolis fried chicken restaurant.
The rich umami flavor of leeks and mushrooms has floored many of my guests when they find out it has not a single morsel of seafood or meat.
Admittedly the combination of four different kinds of stock means it's not without flavour, but there's no subtle meaty flavour profiles, no subtle umami kick.
But as fruits go, tomatoes are surprisingly high in umami, giving them a really savory and satisfying flavor in a fresh and acidic package with a little sweetness and just enough bitterness to give it some gravitas.
He says it's all about adding that umami element to your vegetables, which is a flavor profile that adds a sort of meaty depth.
Japanese fusion concept Umami Ramen & Grill will open in the former McAlister’s Deli spot in Chevy Chase.
Lao food is similar to the cuisine of Northern Thailand, packed with umami and favoring savory, salty, sour, bitter and spicy flavors.
More than 2,100 research papers about umami are now listed by the National Library of Medicine.
My dining partner, whose palate is far more sophisticated than that belonging to this unreconstructed nugget aficionado, notes the umami depths of flavour and hails the textural balance of meat and fat, describing the dish as the “pork belly of dreams”.
Each order comes with one dipping sauce in flavors like Honey Mustard, Umami, Blue Cheese, Spicy Maple, Ranch and Nashville Hot Ranch.
Supposed to be eaten with hands, the raw fish is wrapped with fermented rice to bring a unique sour taste called Umami, which is the most essential feature of the delicacy.
The latest seasonal menu includes a delicious Signature oven-baked hairy crab meat souffle that blends the umami characteristic of the sea with sumptuous texture of egg protein.
The rich marrow makes a great umami flavoured substitute for creamy sauces.
Umami Fries expanded to be open seven days a week a few days ago.
A shooter of miso broth and diced al dente celery was warming and umami-rich, providing the last kick of THC (2 mg per serving) before the entrées.
Don’t expect these cuts to have the marbled umami of a prized Tomahawk dry-aged in the back room of a high-end steakhouse downtown.
Common combinations with umami
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of umami 6×
- with umami 5×
- the umami 5×
- an umami 5×
- umami flavor 3×
- umami with 2×
- and umami 2×
- umami kick 2×
- in umami 2×
- umami and 2×