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美味しい

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
おい
Grade: 3 Grade: 3
jukujikun

Etymology

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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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  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「美味しい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 美味しく いしく
しく
いし
[òíshíkú]
[òíꜜshìkù]
[òíshíꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 美味しい いしい
いし
[òíshíí]
[òíshíꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 美味しい いしい
いし
[òíshíí]
[òíshíꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 美味しくない いしくな
しくない
いしくない
[òíshíkúnáꜜì]
[òíꜜshìkùnàì]
[òíshíꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 美味しかった いしかった
しかった
[òíshíꜜkàttà]
[òíꜜshìkàttà]
Informal negative past 美味しくなかった いしくなかった
しくなかった
いしくなかった
[òíshíkúnáꜜkàttà]
[òíꜜshìkùnàkàttà]
[òíshíꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 美味しいです いしいです [òíshíꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 美味しくて いしくて
しくて
[òíshíꜜkùtè]
[òíꜜshìkùtè]
Conditional 美味しければ いしければ
しければ
[òíshíꜜkèrèbà]
[òíꜜshìkèrèbà]

Adjective

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美味(おい)しい (oishii-i (adverbial 美味(おい)しく (oishiku))

  1. delicious, tasty, something that tastes good
    Synonyms: 旨い (umai), 美味 (bimi), 美味い (umai)
    Antonym: 不味い (mazui)
    ()スープ美味(おい)しい
    Kono sūpu wa oishii.
    This soup tastes good.
    美味(おい)しい(しょく)()ありがとう
    Oishii shokuji o arigatō.
    Thank you for this delicious meal.
    昨日(きのう)は、美味(おい)しい(らー)(めん)()べました。
    Kinōha, oishii rāmen o tabe mashita.
    I ate some delicious ramen yesterday.
    (ひと)(びと)その美味(おい)しい(りょう)()(かん)(たん)した
    Hitobito wa, sono oishii ryōri ni kantan shita.
    People admired the delicious cuisine.
    (にわ)美味(おい)しい(さかな)()べた
    Niwa de oishii sakana o tabeta.
    I ate a delicious fish in the garden.
  2. attractive, appealing, desirable
  3. (slang, of a person) physically and/or sexually attractive, hot.

Usage notes

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In recent usage, this term may be more commonly spelt in hiragana.

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN