美味しい

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 3 Grade: 3
Irregular

Etymology

Originally from (o-, honorific prefix) + 美しい (ishii, good; delicious, possibly obsolete in modern contexts; the delicious sense evolved out of 女房詞 (nyōbo kotoba, women's word) usage).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

美味しい (-i inflection, hiragana おいしい, rōmaji oishii)

  1. delicious, tasty, something that tastes good
     ()のスープは () ()しい
    Kono sūpu wa oishii.
    This soup tastes good.
     () ()しい食事 (しょくじ)をありがとう。
    Oishii shokuji o arigatō.
    Thank you for this delicious meal.
    人々 (ひとびと)は、その () ()しい料理 (りょうり)感嘆 (かんたん)した。
    Hitobito wa, sono oishii ryōri ni kantan shita.
    People admired the delicious cuisine.
     (にわ) () ()しい (さかな) ()べた。
    Niwa de oishii sakana o tabeta.
    I ate a delicious fish in the garden.

Inflection

See also

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0
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