Re: [Lingo] 上手･上手い

[steve smith <sjs@example.com>]

Stuart Luppescu wrote:
> I seem to remember hearing 上手い　spoken as じょうずい as a slang,
> jocular term (in which case it would have the ``skillful'' meaning).
> Also, from my experience, perhaps warped by reading mainly 漫画, the
> most common ways to write うまい in the ``tasty'' meaning are 

Interesting...  One of the writings of うまい is 美味い and おいしい is 
written in kanji as 美味しい。  I think one meaning for these kanji 
would be 'beautiful taste'.  Love it :)

Steve S.