I think that この非常時にあって「うまい」と言った (”During the emergency, I said “delicious”) would be much funnier (maybe it’s… safeword or something). Today, let’s look at the famous うまい・umai and its meanings.
Actually うまい can be expressed using kanji (though it’s usually written in kana): 1) 旨い (”fortunate”, splendid”, “promising”, the kanji itself means “relish”), for example: それは旨い考えだ・sore ha umai kangae da (”this is a great idea”), 2)美味い (meanings of kanji are “beautiful-taste”) or 甘い (”sweet”) ”delicious’ or “yummy” 水がとても美味かった・mizu ha totemo umakatta (”The water tasted really good”), 3)上手い (”up-hand”) or 巧い (meaning of kanji is “adept”) ”adept” or “skillful”, 彼女は歌がうまい・kanojo ha uta ga umai (”she’s good at singing”).
We can draw only one conclusion from this post: it’s better to let the sleeping kanji lie and use kana.
*sighs* I’m learning for an exam. Keep your fingers crossed, please.
