美味しい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
おい
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jukujikun

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).

Pronunciation

  • 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


Terminal (終止形) 美味しい いしい
いし

Attributive (連体形) 美味しい いしい
いし

Key constructions
Informal negative 美味しくない いしくな
しくない
いしくない


Informal past 美味しかった いしかった
しかった

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


Formal 美味しいです いしいです
Conjunctive 美味しくて いしくて
しくて

Conditional 美味しければ いしければ
しければ

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

References

  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 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN