"美味しい" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [o̞iɕii]
Etymology: Originally from 御 (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). Etymology templates: {{m|en|delicious}} delicious, {{m|ja|女房詞||women's word|tr=nyōbo kotoba}} 女房詞 (nyōbo kotoba, “women's word”), {{prefix|ja|御|美しい|pos1=honorific prefix|pos2=possibly obsolete in modern contexts; the <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">delicious</i> sense evolved out of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">女房詞</i> (nyōbo kotoba, “women's word”) usage|t2=good; delicious|tr1=o|tr2=ishii}} 御 (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) Head templates: {{ja-adj|おいしい|infl=i}} 美味(おい)しい • (oishii) -i (adverbial 美味(おい)しく (oishiku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=おいし|lemma=美味し|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 美味しい [canonical] (ruby: 美味(おい)), oishii [romanization], 美味しく [adverbial] (ruby: 美味(おい)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 美味しかろ [imperfective, stem], おいしかろ [imperfective, stem], oishikaro [imperfective], 美味しく [continuative, stem], おいしく [continuative, stem], oishiku [continuative], 美味しい [stem, terminative], おいしい [stem, terminative], oishii [terminative], 美味しい [attributive, stem], おいしい [attributive, stem], oishii [attributive], 美味しけれ [hypothetical, stem], おいしけれ [hypothetical, stem], oishikere [hypothetical], 美味しかれ [imperative, stem], おいしかれ [imperative, stem], oishikare [imperative], 美味しくない [informal, negative], おいしくない [informal, negative], oishiku nai [informal, negative], 美味しかった [informal, past], おいしかった [informal, past], oishikatta [informal, past], 美味しくなかった [informal, negative, past], おいしくなかった [informal, negative, past], oishiku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 美味しいです [formal], おいしいです [formal], oishii desu [formal], 美味しくないです [formal, negative], おいしくないです [formal, negative], oishiku nai desu [formal, negative], 美味しかったです [formal, past], おいしかったです [formal, past], oishikatta desu [formal, past], 美味しくなかったです [formal, negative, past], おいしくなかったです [formal, negative, past], oishiku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 美味しくて [conjunctive], おいしくて [conjunctive], oishikute [conjunctive], 美味しければ [conditional], おいしければ [conditional], oishikereba [conditional], 美味しかったら [conditional, past], おいしかったら [conditional, past], oishikattara [conditional, past], 美味しかろう [volitional], おいしかろう [volitional], oishikarō [volitional], 美味しく [adverbial], おいしく [adverbial], oishiku [adverbial], 美味しさ [noun-from-adj], おいしさ [noun-from-adj], oishisa [noun-from-adj]
  1. delicious, tasty, something that tastes good Synonyms: 旨い, 美味, 美味い
    Sense id: en-美味しい-ja-adj-Nq67y5lJ Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 44 45 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 37 40 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 37 39 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 36 39 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 37 39 23
  2. attractive, appealing, desirable
    Sense id: en-美味しい-ja-adj-zyDmQagA Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms prefixed with 御, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 44 45 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 37 40 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 37 39 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms prefixed with 御: 36 55 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 36 39 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 37 39 23
  3. (slang, of a person) physically and/or sexually attractive, hot. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-美味しい-ja-adj-RAkoiNRU Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 44 45 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 37 40 23 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 37 39 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 36 39 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 37 39 23

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      },
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          "美味",
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      "form": "美味しい",
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      "form": "美味しけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "おいしけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishikere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "美味しかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "おいしかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "oishikare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "oishiku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "美味しかった",
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      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "おいしかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "oishikatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishiku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishii desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "おいしくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishiku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishikatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishiku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishikute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishikereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishikattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishikarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "おいしい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "美味(おい)しい • (oishii) -i (adverbial 美味(おい)しく (oishiku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "おいし",
        "lemma": "美味し",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "不味い"
        }
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This soup tastes good.",
          "roman": "Kono sūpu wa oishii.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "此",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "美味",
              "おい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "此のスープは美味しい。"
        },
        {
          "english": "Thank you for this delicious meal.",
          "roman": "Oishii shokuji o arigatō.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "美味",
              "おい"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "しょく"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "美味しい食事をありがとう。"
        },
        {
          "english": "I ate some delicious ramen yesterday.",
          "roman": "Kinōha, oishii rāmen o tabe mashita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "昨日",
              "きのう"
            ],
            [
              "美味",
              "おい"
            ],
            [
              "拉",
              "らー"
            ],
            [
              "麺",
              "めん"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "た"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "昨日は、美味しい拉麺を食べました。"
        },
        {
          "english": "People admired the delicious cuisine.",
          "roman": "Hitobito wa, sono oishii ryōri ni kantan shita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "びと"
            ],
            [
              "美味",
              "おい"
            ],
            [
              "料",
              "りょう"
            ],
            [
              "理",
              "り"
            ],
            [
              "感",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "嘆",
              "たん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "人々は、その美味しい料理に感嘆した。"
        },
        {
          "english": "I ate a delicious fish in the garden.",
          "roman": "Niwa de oishii sakana o tabeta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "庭",
              "にわ"
            ],
            [
              "美味",
              "おい"
            ],
            [
              "魚",
              "さかな"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "た"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "庭で美味しい魚を食べた。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "delicious, tasty, something that tastes good"
      ],
      "id": "en-美味しい-ja-adj-Nq67y5lJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "delicious",
          "delicious"
        ],
        [
          "tasty",
          "tasty"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "旨い"
        },
        {
          "word": "美味"
        },
        {
          "word": "美味い"
        }
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "physically and/or sexually attractive, hot."
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        [
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          "sexually",
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          "attractive",
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        "(slang, of a person) physically and/or sexually attractive, hot."
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        "of a person"
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    {
      "other": "おいしい"
    },
    {
      "other": "おいしい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞iɕii]"
    }
  ],
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    "Daijisen",
    "Shogakukan",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:大辞泉",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "美味しい"
}
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    "Japanese lemmas",
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    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms prefixed with 御",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives"
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        "2": "delicious"
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      "expansion": "delicious",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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          "美味",
          "おい"
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        "canonical"
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        "romanization"
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      "form": "美味しく",
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          "美味",
          "おい"
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        "adverbial"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "ja-i",
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    {
      "form": "美味しかろ",
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    {
      "form": "おいしかろ",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "imperfective"
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    {
      "form": "美味しく",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "おいしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "oishiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "美味しい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "おいしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "oishii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "美味しい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "おいしい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishii",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishikere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishikare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishiku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishikatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishiku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishii desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishiku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishikatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishiku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishikute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishikereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishikattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishikarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishiku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "美味しさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "おいしさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "oishisa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "おいしい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "美味(おい)しい • (oishii) -i (adverbial 美味(おい)しく (oishiku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "おいし",
        "lemma": "美味し",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "不味い"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This soup tastes good.",
          "roman": "Kono sūpu wa oishii.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "此",
              "こ"
            ],
            [
              "美味",
              "おい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "此のスープは美味しい。"
        },
        {
          "english": "Thank you for this delicious meal.",
          "roman": "Oishii shokuji o arigatō.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "美味",
              "おい"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "しょく"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "美味しい食事をありがとう。"
        },
        {
          "english": "I ate some delicious ramen yesterday.",
          "roman": "Kinōha, oishii rāmen o tabe mashita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "昨日",
              "きのう"
            ],
            [
              "美味",
              "おい"
            ],
            [
              "拉",
              "らー"
            ],
            [
              "麺",
              "めん"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "た"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "昨日は、美味しい拉麺を食べました。"
        },
        {
          "english": "People admired the delicious cuisine.",
          "roman": "Hitobito wa, sono oishii ryōri ni kantan shita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "々",
              "びと"
            ],
            [
              "美味",
              "おい"
            ],
            [
              "料",
              "りょう"
            ],
            [
              "理",
              "り"
            ],
            [
              "感",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "嘆",
              "たん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "人々は、その美味しい料理に感嘆した。"
        },
        {
          "english": "I ate a delicious fish in the garden.",
          "roman": "Niwa de oishii sakana o tabeta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "庭",
              "にわ"
            ],
            [
              "美味",
              "おい"
            ],
            [
              "魚",
              "さかな"
            ],
            [
              "食",
              "た"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "庭で美味しい魚を食べた。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "delicious, tasty, something that tastes good"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "delicious",
          "delicious"
        ],
        [
          "tasty",
          "tasty"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "旨い"
        },
        {
          "word": "美味"
        },
        {
          "word": "美味い"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "attractive, appealing, desirable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attractive",
          "attractive"
        ],
        [
          "appealing",
          "appealing"
        ],
        [
          "desirable",
          "desirable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "physically and/or sexually attractive, hot."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "physically",
          "physically"
        ],
        [
          "sexually",
          "sexually"
        ],
        [
          "attractive",
          "attractive"
        ],
        [
          "hot",
          "hot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, of a person) physically and/or sexually attractive, hot."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "おいしい"
    },
    {
      "other": "おいしい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞iɕii]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Daijisen",
    "Shogakukan",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:大辞泉",
    "ja:松村明"
  ],
  "word": "美味しい"
}

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