苦味・苦み|にがみnigami[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. no-adjectivebitterness; bitter taste
   この咳止せきどめ用ようトローチは苦味にがみがあるがよくきく。↗

   These cough lozenges taste bitter but they will do you much good.

• Synonym苦味くみWrittenThe same written form with the reading 「くみ」; used mainly in academic and medical contexts. In everyday speech the word is read 「にがみ」.
• Related苦さにがさNeutralRefers to the degree of bitterness, or bitterness itself, and is common in colloquial use; 「苦味」 tends to suggest bitter taste components or a bitter flavor.
• Antonym甘味あまみNeutralThe antonym: sweetness, standing in direct contrast to 「苦味」.

Use 「苦味」 for bitter flavor or bitter components, as in 「コーヒーの苦味」. For the degree of bitterness in everyday speech, say 「苦さ」. The antonym is 「甘味」, meaning sweetness. In academic or medical writing the reading 「くみ」 appears.

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

1. 苦にがい味あじ、またはその程度ていど。
2. 不愉快ふゆかいな気持きもち。また、その様子ようす。
3. 男おとこの顔かおの引き締ひきしまっている様さま。