激うま

• 読み: げきうま
• ローマ字: gekiuma
• 漢字の分解: 激 (extreme/intense) + うま (delicious, from うまい) → extremely delicious
• 発音: /ge.ki.u.ma/

意味

Insanely delicious — an emphatic way to say something tastes incredibly good.

激うま uses the intensifier 激 (extreme) before うまい (delicious) to create a powerful food compliment. It is very common in casual food reviews, social media posts, and YouTube food content. While similar to めっちゃ美味しい, 激うま has a punchier, more informal energy and is frequently used in food article headlines and restaurant review titles.

例文

1. 昨日食べたパンケーキ、激うまだったからまた行きたい。
2. この店の唐揚げ激うまだよ、騙されたと思って食べてみて。
3. 激うまレシピ見つけたから今度作ってみるね。

使い方ガイド

場面: friends, social media, food reviews

トーン: enthusiastic, emphatic

正しい言い方

• ここのカレー激うまだから食べてみて！ (The curry here is insanely good — try it!)
• 激うまスイーツ見つけた、シェアするね。 (Found an incredibly tasty dessert — sharing it with you.)

避ける言い方

• フォーマルな場で「激うま」は粗野に聞こえる (Saying 激うま in formal settings sounds crude — use とても美味しい instead)

よくある間違い

• Using 激うま with です/ます — it sounds awkward because the word is inherently very casual

起源と歴史

From 激 (extreme/intense) + うまい (delicious). A natural compound intensifier that became especially common in food media and social media in the 2010s.

文化的背景

時代: 2010s, popularized through food media and social media

世代: All ages in casual settings

社会的背景: Universal informal

地域メモ: Used across all of Japan. Very common in food blog titles and social media food posts.