No. 1,011 in Japanese
うまい
Delicious; skillful; clever.
In a sentence
このラーメンはうまい。
This ramen is delicious.
Here, 'うまい' is used as an adjective to describe the taste of the ramen, meaning 'delicious'.
彼の運転は本当にうまい。
His driving is truly skillful.
In this sentence, 'うまい' is used to express skillfulness in an activity (driving).
彼がその話をうまくまとめた。
He skillfully summarized the story.
Here, 'うまく', a derived adverbial form of 'うまい', indicates doing an action (summarizing) in a skillful manner.
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