美味しい：delicious!

Question: What do you say after eating this?

some gyoza we just made

Here's the word of the day~

美味しい

( おいしい / oishii )

You and your friends go to eat out. You order food. Wait a few minutes. Bam, the waiter comes out with your food. You pray over your meal (or you don't :P). Now comes the itadakimasu. You take a bite of your food and then...

Oishii! Oh boy. If you are even remotely interested in Japanese culture, you know that this is the word for "delicious" or "tasty"! Of course, just like in America, you can use this word even when you don't mean it.

Taking a bite out of that natto-nori...."oishii"...(oh help me...)

The word is made out of two kanji characters: "Beautiful" (美) and "Taste: (味). Pretty straightforward. If something has a beautiful taste, it is delicious.

Ok, dinner is calling. Time to eat some おいしい food!
いただきます～