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Why use 甘【あま】い in this sentence and not 薄【うす】い?

> 今朝【けさ】のみそ汁【しる】は **ちょっと甘【あま】い** 。(- 塩分【えんぶん】が少【すく】ない)

The English translation in the Somatome book is _‘The miso soup is **rather
mild** this morning.‘_

Does it have something to do with 方言【ほうげん】? I'm currently living in Gunma and
my Senpais told me that they're not using 甘【あま】い in this context.
みそ汁【しる】は薄【うす】いとか。 I've read a post in Yahoo Japan about it and they have
different answers. My understanding in this sentence is that the miso soup is
not tasty/salty, that's why the English translation of ちょっと甘【あま】い is "mild".
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grammar meaning nuances
Why use 甘い in this context? 「今朝のみそ汁はちょっと甘い。」
甘い does mean "mild" or "not spicy" when used to describe the spiceness of
curry and such, but it's not common to use it to describe the taste of miso
soup. But 甘い味噌汁 not an impossible expression, either. If hear it, I'd probably
assume it means either "sweet/sugary" or "thin (not salty enough)", and try to
guess the intent from the context or the ingredients first. I may not bother
asking back unless I really need clarification.

辛い has some historical or dialactal meaning ([does 辛い means both spicy and
salty?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/52213/5010)), but I'm not aware
of regional variants around 甘い.
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