JLPT N5 · い-adjective

美味しい (oishii)

美味しい (おいしい, oishii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “good(-tasting); nice”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おいしい
Romaji: oishii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

good(-tasting); nice; delicious; tasty · い-adjective · usually written in kana
attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient; favorable; desirable · い-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

おいしい食事をありがとう。

Thanks for the delicious meal.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 美味しい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	美味しい	おいしい oishii
Negative	美味しくない	おいしくない oishikunai
Past	美味しかった	おいしかった oishikatta
Negative past	美味しくなかった	おいしくなかった oishikunakatta
Te-form	美味しくて	おいしくて oishikute
Adverb (~ku)	美味しく	おいしく oishiku
Conditional (~ba)	美味しければ	おいしければ oishikereba

Kanji in 美味しい

美

beauty, beautifulビ・ミ・うつく.しい · 9 strokes

味

flavor, tasteミ・あじ・あじ.わう · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 美味しい.

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Source: JMdict entry 1486650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.