Kana: あじわう
Kanji: 味わう
Romaji: ajiwau

Type: Verb
Meaning: to taste, to savor, to savour, to relish, to appreciate, to enjoy, to relish, to digest, to experience, to go through, to taste (e.g. victory), to know (e.g. pain)
JLPT level: N2

Example sentences:

ほとんど家族全員が電話に出たとたんに怒り狂った彼女に罵倒されるという経験を味わっている。
hotondo kazoku zen’in ga denwa ni deta totan ni ikarikurutta kanojo ni batou sareru to iu keiken o ajiwatte iru.
By now, virtually every member of the family has had the experience of picking up the phone and hearing her wrath come scorching over the line.

それは、ほとんどの人が高校生のとき以来味わっていないたぐいの気持ちだ。
sore wa, hotondo no hito ga koukousei no toki irai ajiwatte inai tagui no kimochi da.
They’re the sorts of feelings that most people haven’t experienced since high school.

われわれすべてが味わっていた耐えがたいどっちつかずの苦悩は終わった。
wareware subete ga ajiwatte ita taegatai docchi tsukazu no kunou wa owatta.
The intolerable agony of suspense from which all of us have suffered is over.

英国政府は早くも幻滅を味わったが、たちまち別の幻想に取り付かれた。
eikoku seifu wa hayaku mo genmetsu o ajiwatta ga, tachimachi betsu no gensou ni toritsukareta.
The British Government’s quick disillusionment on this score was followed by a fresh illusion.

わたしは精神的な苦しみを味わった。
I suffered mentally.
Watashi wa seishin-teki na kurushimi o ajiwatta.

こんな気持ちを味わったのは初めてです。
This is the first time I’ve felt this way.
Konna kimochi o ajiwatta no wa hajimete desu.

新鮮な空気は、生まれてはじめて味わうほどの甘い香りがする。
Fresh air has never smelled so sweet.
Shinsen na kuuki wa, umarete hajimete ajiwau hodo no amai kaori ga suru.

冷ややかな目でにらまれると、食事を味わうどころか、終わりまで食べることさえつらかった。
They would present such cold faces that I found it difficult to finish my meal, much less enjoy it.
Hiyayaka na me de niramareru to, shokuji o ajiwau dokoro ka, owari made taberu koto sae tsurakatta.

シカゴに住む黒人の知的職業人や実業家は、いまでもみんながみんな、人種ゆえに味わってきた苦難の物語を語って聞かせることができる。
Every black professional and business-person in Chicago can tell you stories of the roadblocks they still experience on account of race.
Shikago ni sumu kokujin no chiteki shokugyou jin ya jitsugyouka wa, ima demo minna ga minna, jinshu yue ni ajiwatte kita kunan no monogatari o katatte kikaseru koto ga dekiru.

Meaning in other languages:

Chinese: 尝 (cháng), 感受 (gǎnshòu)
Korean: 맛보다 (masboda), 체험하다 (cheheomhada)
In French: goûter
In Spanish: probar
In German: schmecken
In Italian: gustare