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Oishii

Place	:	Kyoto
Taken by	:	C. T. (Doshisha International Junior/Senior High School)

Japanese traditional assorted snack, “Okaki”. These are made from rice. My aunt gave these to me. These are not sweet, but these are seasoned with soy sauce and “Oishii”. I spent happy winter holiday eating these.

A tomato which is not ripened. My mother put this under the sun, so it will soon become delicious Japanese dish.

The tomato changed its shape to wonderful Japanese dinner! This is a standard dish in my family.

These are chocolates called “Beautiful Sepia”. I love these because these look like brilliant jewels. Japanese cook who study how to make chocolate at France made these. There are many other chocolates in “Japanese Chocola”, a chocolate shop. I want to eat all someday.

Looking inside our refrigerator, I could find these. These are very “Oishii” and healthy drinks. I start my daily activity drinking these every morning.

The orange is a special fruit for Japanese. Japanese orange is mandarin orange and it is not same as American orange. Japanese call it “Mikan”. Do you know “Kotatsu”? It is a Japanese traditional heater. In winter, Japanese get warm by Kotatsu and eat Mikan. Therefore Japanese feel winter is coming when we see Mikan.

Delicious, nice, or tasty are the meanings of “Oishii”. It is mostly used for foods. I hear it at least once a day because all Japanese often use it. Men and women of all ages say it when they eat delicious food and are impressed. For example, Japanese T.V. performers often say “Oishii!” in T.V. programs which introduce delicious food even though they have to introduce the food concretely.
“Oishii” has another meanings too. It is “convenient” and “profitable”. “Oishiihanashi” means delicious story in English, but “good chance” in Japanese. I think this meaning came from the happiness of eating delicious food. Ancient Japanese expressed their happiness with the word, “Oishii”.
“Oishii” makes people happy, too. If someone says “Oishii” about a dish you made, you will be happy and try cooking again. I also love this word very much, so I want to say it many times and want you to say it, too!

Child Research Net would like to thank the Doshisha International Junior/Senior High School and Chiaki Takeshima student and author, for permitting reproduction of this article on the CRN web site.