一味|いちみichimi[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounclan; partisans; conspirators; gang; ring; crew
    「おい、だまれ。口数くちかずが多おおいぞ」とそのギャングの一味いちみが言いった。↗
    "Hey, you shut up! You talk too much," the gangster said.
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbparticipation (e.g. in a plot)
  3. nounone flavour; one charm
  4. nounone ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
  5. noun, Buddhismuniversality (of the teachings of Buddha)
Conjugation
Dictionary form一味する(いちみする)
Polite (masu)一味します(いちみします)
Negative (nai)一味しない(いちみしない)
polite (masen)一味しません(いちみしません)
classical zu / nu一味せず・一味せぬ(いちみせず・いちみせぬ)
Past (ta)一味した(いちみした)
polite (mashita)一味しました(いちみしました)
Past negative (nakatta)一味しなかった(いちみしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)一味しませんでした(いちみしませんでした)
Te form一味して(いちみして)
Potential一味できる(いちみできる)
Passive一味される(いちみされる)
Causative一味させる(いちみさせる)
Causative passive一味させられる(いちみさせられる)
Conditional (ba)一味すれば(いちみすれば)
tara一味したら(いちみしたら)
Volitional一味しよう(いちみしよう)
polite (mashou)一味しましょう(いちみしましょう)
Imperative一味しろ(いちみしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym一党いっとうWrittenA written/formal term for a single party or faction, not necessarily derogatory. 「一味」 usually means accomplices in wrongdoing.
  • Synonym輩やからWrittenA written/formal term for a derogatory bunch of people, as in 「不逞の輩」. 「一味」 stresses accomplices in the same plot.
  • Synonym群れむれNeutralA group or flock, mostly for animals but also used contemptuously of people; no conspiracy nuance. 「一味」 means accomplices.
  • Synonym連中れんちゅうCasualColloquial for that bunch or lot, often contemptuous; they need not be accomplices. 「一味」 stresses partners in wrongdoing.
  • Synonym徒党ととうNeutralA group banded together to plot something; derogatory, as in 「徒党を組む」. 「一味」 stresses the accomplices already inside such a group.
  • Related仲間なかまNeutralCompanions or fellows, neutral or even positive. 「一味」 usually means a gang joined in wrongdoing and is derogatory.
  • RelatedグループNeutralA loanword for a group or team, neutral. 「一味」 carries the nuance of accomplices plotting together.

Use 「一味」 for accomplices in wrongdoing, as in 「強盗の一味」. For neutral companions say 「仲間」, for a clique formed to plot say 「徒党」, and for a contemptuous colloquial bunch say 「連中」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 教おしえの説とき方かたは時間じかんや場所ばしょによって異ことなるが、根本的こんぽんてきな意味いみは同おなじであること。
  2. 味方みかた。同士どうし。仲間なかま。
  3. 一ひとつの種類しゅるいの味あじ。
  4. 漢方かんぽう生薬しょうやくの一いち品ひん。
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