| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 趣旨 | しゅし | object, intent, aim; meaning, point (e.g. of a statement) |
| 要旨 | ようし | point, essentials, gist, summary, fundamentals |
| 旨 | むね | center (centre), pillar, principle; purport, gist, drift, meaning |
| 論旨 | ろんし | point of an argument, drift of an argument |
| 本旨 | ほんし | main object, principal object, true aim |
| 旨い | うまい | skillful, clever, expert, wise, successful; delicious, appetizing, appetising; fortunate, splendid, promising |
| 旨がる | うまがる | to relish, to show a liking for |
| 旨く | うまく | skillfully, well, deliciously, aptly, cleverly |
| 旨くいく | うまくいく | to go smoothly, to turn out well, to do the trick, to have peaceful relations |
| 旨み | うまみ | good flavor (flavour), good taste, deliciousness; umami (fifth category of taste, corresponding to the flavour of glutamates); skill; profit |
