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japanese · Food & Dining · Lesson 45

Delicious, Spicy, Sweet: Describing Flavors & Cooking Skills

Using adjectives to describe food taste and talking about cooking ability and hunger.

This ramen is so delicious and spicy! My friend is very good at cooking, but I'm terrible. I'm so hungry right now, I could eat anything!

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おいしい

delicious / tasty

い-word

A describing word that ends in い. You change the ending to express different meanings — like 高い (expensive) becomes 高くない (not expensive).

まずい

bad tasting

い-word

A describing word that ends in い. You change the ending to express different meanings — like 高い (expensive) becomes 高くない (not expensive).

甘い (あまい)

sweet

い-word

A describing word that ends in い. You change the ending to express different meanings — like 高い (expensive) becomes 高くない (not expensive).