“Yummy! “& ” Looks delicious!” in Japanese

Japanese Phrase Lesson 7: Yummy! おいしい – Review Notes

Today we learned three ways to describe how food tastes! We learned the Japanese words for “yummy,” “so-so,” and “yuck!” In these notes, we will review these words, and we will also go over a few additional ways to describe how food tastes!

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Number 1:

★　Oishii means yummy, or delicious.

★　You can use oishii as an exclamation by itself like we saw in the video, or in a longer sentence.

Example:

このパンはおいしいですね！

Kono pan wa oishii desu ne!

This bread is yummy!

★　A more casual way to say it is “umai.” Umai” means “good” or “delicious.”

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Number 2:

★　Maa Maa means “so-so.” This is used when talking about food that is not good or bad.

★　A similar expression that you can use when talking about food that is not particularly good or bad is futsū. Futsū means “normal.”

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Number 3:

★　Mazui means “yuck” or “bad.”

★　Unfortunately, poor Puni Puni thought this was food! Mazui!!!

★　If the food tastes bad, you can also say “oishikunai.” This is the negative form of oishii, so it means “not yummy” or “not good.”

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Bonus words!

oishisō – looks/seems delicious

umasō – looks/seems good (casual)

mazusō – looks/seems yucky

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Conclusion:

Next time you eat something, practice using these Japanese words! Hopefully you will get to use oishii more than maa maa or mazui! Tell me what foods you think are oishii in the comment section below!

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おいしそう！Oishisō! Looks delicious!

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