あとあじ【後味】  (atoaji) |
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| (an) aftertaste. |
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|  後味がよい leave a  pleasing [pleasant] taste in the mouth; leave (on the palate) a pleasant [pleasing] aftertaste |
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| ・このビールは後味がよい. This beer has [leaves] a pleasant aftertaste. |
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| ・後味が悪い leave a bad [an unpleasant, a disagreeable] aftertaste; leave an uncomfortable [a nasty] taste in the mouth |
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| ・その小説のラストは, 後味が悪い. The novel's ending [The way the novel ends] leaves the reader with an unpleasant aftertaste. |
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| ・けんかをした後で仲直りをしたのだが, どうも後味が悪い. After we argued we made up again, but somehow I still feel some resentment [bitterness]. |
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| 後味の悪い夢 a dream remembered with discomfort; a dream that leaves one with a sense of foreboding [an uncomfortable feeling] |
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| ・後味の悪い思いをする experience [feel] an unpleasant aftertaste |
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| ・そのテレビドラマは後味の悪さだけを残した. The only impression that TV drama left me with was a bad one. | The only thing that TV drama left me with was a bad taste in the mouth. |