{"id":106841,"date":"2023-09-28T16:38:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T20:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/japanese-food-adjectives\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T22:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T03:57:12","slug":"japanese-food-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/japanese\/japanese-food-adjectives\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Japanese Food Adjectives to Describe What You&#8217;re Eating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In any language, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/japanese\/japanese-adjectives-conjugation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">adjectives give us significant information<\/a> about the nouns they describe, which can include all kinds of foods. Learning <strong>Japanese food adjectives<\/strong> will allow you to describe, discuss and even argue about the tastes, textures, smells and looks of various foods\u2014all in Japanese.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s go over some commonly used food adjectives in Japanese. Then, we&#8217;ll take things to the next level by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/japanese\/how-to-learn-japanese-grammar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">learning grammar structures<\/a> you can use to describe food before and after you&#8217;ve tasted it. We&#8217;ll even go a little beyond adjectives and get into more sophisticated and complex ways you can talk about your food.<\/p>\n<p>[fluentu-toc]<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2>25 Common Japanese Food Adjectives<\/h2>\n<p>The following list will provide you with some basic knowledge of Japanese adjectives related to food. Each word will have one example sentence so that you can immediately get an idea of how you might use it. For additional support, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/japanese\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FluentU<\/a>, where you can see these adjectives in use through subtitled Japanese videos with support from other learning tools. <p><strong>FluentU<\/strong> takes authentic videos\u2014like music videos, movie trailers, news and inspiring talks\u2014and turns them into personalized language learning lessons.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>You can try FluentU for free for 2 weeks. Check out the website or download <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/fluentu-learn-language-videos\/id917892175\">the iOS app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.fluentflix.fluentu&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=US\">Android app.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><i><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/try\/april-sale-3331\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">P.S. Click here to take advantage of our current sale! (Expires at the end of this month.)<\/a><\/i>\r\n<\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\r\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/site\/\/6\/NativeAd-Japanese.jpg\" alt=\"FluentU Ad\" \/>\r\n  <p style=\"text-align: center\">\r\n    <button class=\"btn-blue\" style=\"border: none;font-size: 18px;text-align: center;padding: 0.75rem 1.5rem;cursor: pointer\">\r\n      Try FluentU for FREE!\r\n  <\/button>\r\n  <\/p>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\n<h3>\u751f (\u306a\u307e, raw)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u30b9\u30ba\u30ad\u306f\u751f\u3060\uff01(\u3059\u305a\u304d\u306f \u306a\u307e\u3060\uff01)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(The bass is raw!)<\/p>\n<h3>\u7518\u3044 (\u3042\u307e\u3044, sweet)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u3053\u306e\u30b3\u30fc\u30d2\u30fc\u306f\u7518\u304f\u306a\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002(\u3053\u306e \u3053\u3046\u3072\u3044\u306f \u3042\u307e\u304f\u306a\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(This coffee isn&#8217;t sweet.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u9178\u3063\u3071\u3044 (\u3059\u3063\u3071\u3044, sour)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u30aa\u30ec\u30f3\u30b8\u306f\u3061\u3087\u3063\u3068\u9178\u3063\u3071\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002(\u304a\u308c\u3093\u3058\u306f \u3061\u3087\u3063\u3068 \u3059\u3063\u3071\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(Oranges are a bit sour.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u5869\u3063\u3071\u3044 (\u3057\u3087\u3063\u3071\u3044, salty)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u30a2\u30f3\u30c1\u30e7\u30d3\u306f\u3068\u3066\u3082\u5869\u3063\u3071\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002(\u3042\u3093\u3061\u3087\u3073\u306f \u3068\u3066\u3082\u3057\u3087\u3063\u3071\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(Anchovies are very salty.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u82e6\u3044 (\u306b\u304c\u3044, bitter)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u82e6\u3044\u85ac\u304c\u5acc\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002(\u306b\u304c\u3044 \u304f\u3059\u308a\u304c \u304d\u3089\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(I hate bitter medicines.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u8f9b\u3044 (\u304b\u3089\u3044, spicy)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u3053\u306e\u98df\u4e8b\u306f\u8f9b\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b?\uff08\u3053\u306e\u3057\u3087\u304f\u3058\u306f \u304b\u3089\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff1f)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(Is this meal spicy?)<\/p>\n<h3>\u7121\u5473 (\u3080\u307f, tasteless)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u3042\u3051\u3073\u306f\u7121\u5473\u3067\u3059\u3002(\u3042\u3051\u3073\u306f \u3080\u307f\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/life\/2008\/10\/15\/environment\/akebi-chocolate-vine\/#.WmKZIMso_qA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Akebi fruit<\/a> is tasteless.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u7f8e\u5473\u3057\u3044 (\u304a\u3044\u3057\u3044, tasty)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u30b1\u30fc\u30ad\u306f\u7f8e\u5473\u3057\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3067\u3059\uff01 (\u3051\u3044\u304d\u306f \u304a\u3044\u3057\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3067\u3059\uff01)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(The cake was delicious!)<\/p>\n<h3>\u9999\u3057\u3044 (\u304b\u3093\u3070\u3057\u3044, fragrant)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u3053\u306e\u304a\u8336\u306f\u3059\u3054\u304f\u9999\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3088\u3002(\u3053\u306e\u304a\u3061\u3083\u306f \u3059\u3054\u304f \u304b\u3093\u3070\u3057\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3088\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(This tea is extraordinarily fragrant.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u81ed\u3044 (\u304f\u3055\u3044, smelly)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u53e4\u3044\u9b5a\u306f\u3068\u3066\u3082\u81ed\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002(\u3075\u308b\u3044 \u3055\u304b\u306a\u306f \u3068\u3066\u3082\u304f\u3055\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(Old fish stinks a lot.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u8edf\u3089\u304b\u3044 (\u3084\u308f\u3089\u304b\u3044, soft)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u8edf\u3089\u304b\u3044\u8089\u306f\u6700\u9ad8\u3067\u3059\u3002(\u3084\u308f\u3089\u304b\u3044 \u306b\u304f\u306f \u3055\u3044\u3053\u3046\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(Soft meat is the best.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u56fa\u3044 (\u304b\u305f\u3044, hard)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u305d\u306e\u30ad\u30e3\u30f3\u30c7\u30a4\u30fc\u306f\u56fa\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff1f (\u305d\u306e \u304d\u3083\u3093\u3067\u3044\u3044\u306f \u304b\u305f\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff1f)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(Are those candies hard?)<\/p>\n<h3>\u30d1\u30ea\u30d1\u30ea\u3057\u305f (\u3071\u308a\u3071\u308a\u3057\u305f, crunchy)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u30d1\u30ea\u30d1\u30ea\u3057\u305f\u30b9\u30ca\u30c3\u30af\u306f\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f (\u3071\u308a\u3071\u308a\u3057\u305f \u3059\u306a\u3063\u304f\u306f \u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u304b\uff1f)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(Do you have any crunchy snacks?)<\/p>\n<h3>\u65b0\u9bae (\u3057\u3093\u305b\u3093, fresh)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u305d\u3053\u306e\u5e97\u306f\u679c\u7269\u304c\u3044\u3064\u3082\u65b0\u9bae\u3067\u3059\u3002(\u305d\u3053\u306e\u307f\u305b\u306f \u304f\u3060\u3082\u306e\u304c \u3044\u3064\u3082 \u3057\u3093\u305b\u3093\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(The fruits in that store are always fresh.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u53e4\u3044 (\u3075\u308b\u3044, old)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u53e4\u3044\u91ce\u83dc\u306f\u6368\u3066\u306a\u3051\u308c\u3070\u306a\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\uff01 (\u3075\u308b\u3044 \u3084\u3055\u3044\u306f \u3059\u3066\u306a\u3051\u308c\u3070\u306a\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(Old vegetables should be thrown away!)<\/p>\n<h3>\u51b7\u51cd (\u308c\u3044\u3068\u3046, frozen)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u6628\u65e5\u8cb7\u3063\u305f\u30ab\u30cb\u3092\u51b7\u51cd\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002(\u304d\u306e\u3046\u304b\u3063\u305f \u304b\u306b\u3092\u308c\u3044\u3068\u3046\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(I froze the crab I bought yesterday.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u71b1\u3044 (\u3042\u3064\u3044, hot)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u30b9\u30fc\u30d7\u306f\u3068\u3066\u3082\u71b1\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002(\u3059\u3046\u3077\u306f \u3068\u3066\u3082\u3042\u3064\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(The soup is very hot.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u51b7\u305f\u3044 (\u3064\u3081\u305f\u3044, cold)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u51b7\u305f\u3044\u30d3\u30fc\u30eb\u3092\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002(\u3064\u3081\u305f\u3044 \u3073\u3044\u308b\u3092\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(I&#8217;d like one cold beer, please.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u7121\u8fb2\u85ac (\u3080\u306e\u3046\u3084\u304f, organic)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u7121\u8fb2\u85ac\u3044\u3061\u3054\u306f\u9ad8\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002(\u3080\u306e\u3046\u3084\u304f\u3044\u3061\u3054\u306f \u305f\u304b\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(Organic strawberries are expensive.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u307f\u305a\u307f\u305a\u3057\u3044 (juicy)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u30ab\u30ad\u306f\u307f\u305a\u307f\u305a\u3057\u3044\u679c\u7269\u3067\u3059\u3002(\u304b\u304d\u306f \u307f\u305a\u307f\u305a\u3057\u3044 \u304f\u3060\u3082\u306e\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(The persimmon is a juicy fruit.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u4e7e\u71e5 (\u304b\u3093\u305d\u3046, dry)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u4e7e\u71e5\u690e\u8338\u3092\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002(\u304b\u3093\u305d\u3046 \u3057\u3044\u305f\u3051\u3092\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(I&#8217;d like some dried shiitake mushrooms, please.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u8102\u3063\u3053\u3044 (\u3042\u3076\u3089\u3063\u3053\u3044, greasy)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u3053\u306e\u8089\u306f\u8102\u3063\u3053\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff1f (\u3053\u306e\u306b\u304f\u306f \u3042\u3076\u3089\u3063\u3053\u3044\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff1f)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(Is this meat greasy?)<\/p>\n<h3>\u6fc3\u539a (\u306e\u3046\u3053\u3046, rich)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u6628\u65e5\u3001\u6fc3\u539a\u306a\u30e9\u30fc\u30e1\u30f3\u3092\u98df\u3079\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002(\u304d\u306e\u3046\u3001\u306e\u3046\u3053\u3046\u306a \u3089\u3042\u3081\u3093\u3092\u305f\u3079\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(Yesterday I ate ramen with a rich taste.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u8584\u3044 (\u3046\u3059\u3044, weak)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u3046\u3069\u3093\u306f\u5473\u304c\u3061\u3087\u3063\u3068\u8584\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002(\u3046\u3069\u3093\u306f \u3042\u3058\u304c \u3061\u3087\u3063\u3068 \u3046\u3059\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(Udon has a bit of a weak taste.)<\/p>\n<h3>\u5b8c\u74a7 (\u304b\u3093\u307a\u304d, perfect)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u6599\u7406\u306f\u5b8c\u74a7\u3067\u3059\u3002(\u306b\u307b\u3093\u306e \u308a\u3087\u3046\u308a\u306f \u304b\u3093\u307a\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(Japanese cuisine is perfect.)<\/p>\n<p>This should be enough to get you started.<\/p>\n<p>But the next level up will be a bit more interesting, so if you&#8217;re ready, let&#8217;s move on!<\/p>\n<h2>Describing Food You Haven&#8217;t Tried Yet<\/h2>\n<p>To be precise, the structure below is used when describing something based on its appearance only. In other words, when you want to express the properties of an object, but you haven&#8217;t interacted with said object.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the structure is built.<\/p>\n<p>First, you need to put the adjective in its \u9023\u7528\u5f62 (\u308c\u3093\u3088\u3046\u3051\u3044,\u00a0<em>renyou<\/em> form), or <strong>the continuative form<\/strong> as it&#8217;s called in English. You can build <em>renyou<\/em> form by removing the \u3044 from the end of an adjective.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a couple of examples:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u7f8e\u5473\u3057\u3044 (\u304a\u3044\u3057\u3044, tasty) \u2192 \u7f8e\u5473\u3057 (\u304a\u3044\u3057)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u8edf\u3089\u304b\u3044 (\u3084\u308f\u3089\u304b\u3044, soft) \u2192 \u8edf\u3089\u304b (\u3084\u308f\u3089\u304b)<\/p>\n<p>Now that we have the\u00a0<em>renyou<\/em> form, we can make our grammatical structure. All you have to do is add \u305d\u3046 after the adjective, in place of that \u3044 we just removed, and here&#8217;s what we get:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u7f8e\u5473\u3057\u305d\u3046 (\u304a\u3044\u3057\u305d\u3046, tasty looking\/seems tasty)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u8edf\u3089\u304b\u305d\u3046 (\u3084\u308f\u3089\u304b\u305d\u3046, soft looking\/seems soft)<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, you can now describe food without tasting it! Shall we try it out in a few sentences?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u3053\u306e\u30c7\u30b6\u30fc\u30c8\u306f\u7f8e\u5473\u3057\u305d\u3046\u3067\u3059\uff01(\u3053\u306e \u3067\u3056\u3042\u3068\u306f \u304a\u3044\u3057\u305d\u3046\u3067\u3059\uff01)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(This dessert looks tasty!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u3053\u306e\u30b9\u30fc\u30d7\u306f\u71b1\u305d\u3046\u3067\u3059\uff01 (\u3053\u306e \u3059\u3046\u3077\u306f \u3042\u3064\u305d\u3046\u3067\u3059\uff01)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(This soup seems hot!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u305d\u306e\u308a\u3093\u3054\u306f\u307f\u305a\u307f\u305a\u3057\u305d\u3046\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(That apple looks juicy.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u305f\u3053\u713c\u304d\u306f\u8edf\u3089\u304b\u305d\u3046\u3067\u3059\u3002 (\u305f\u3053\u3084\u304d\u306f \u3084\u308f\u3089\u304b\u305d\u3046\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(Takoyaki seems soft.)<\/p>\n<p>Go ahead and try writing out a few sentences with this construction in them. Practice makes perfect!<\/p>\n<h2>Describing Food with Verbs<\/h2>\n<p>This time, we&#8217;ll describe food <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/japanese\/japanese-verb-list-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with verbs.<\/a> Well, verbs that are a bit altered, but verbs nonetheless!<\/p>\n<p>The below structure is used for describing the difficulty of performing an action. Of course, we&#8217;ll be using it only for describing food-related actions here.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, we need the <em>renyou<\/em> form, but this time, instead of adjectives, we&#8217;ll be using verbs. The principle is pretty much the same, but with a slight difference. This is a tad more complicated, but bear with me.<\/p>\n<p>First, we take the verb and put it in its <em>masu<\/em> form&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u565b\u307f\u307e\u3059 (\u304b\u307f\u307e\u3059, to bite)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u98df\u3079\u307e\u3059 (\u305f\u3079\u307e\u3059, to eat)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Masu<\/strong><\/em><strong> form<\/strong> is basically <strong>polite present tense<\/strong>, or <strong>polite future tense<\/strong>, depending on the context.<\/p>\n<p>In other words,\u00a0<strong><em>renyou<\/em> form and\u00a0<em>masu<\/em> form are the same<\/strong>. We just tend to call it <em>masu<\/em> form since it&#8217;s easier to remember. This may seem somewhat complicated to those of you who aren&#8217;t familiar with the concept, so let&#8217;s just take a second to clarify things.<\/p>\n<p>Often, us foreign language learners like to adapt the things from a language we study so that they&#8217;re easier to remember and understand. In this case, English-speaking students, at some point, came up with the name <em>&#8220;masu<\/em> form&#8221; because it&#8217;s easier to remember than <em>&#8220;renyou<\/em> form.&#8221; The term <em>&#8220;masu&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0comes from the ending of a word. For example:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3059 (\u3044\u304d\u307e\u3059, to go)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059 (to have)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u8aad\u307f\u307e\u3059 (\u3088\u307f\u307e\u3059, to read)<\/p>\n<p>All end with <em>masu<\/em>, right?<\/p>\n<p>This way, if you need the <em>masu<\/em> form, you can just think of the polite present or future form, and leave out the <em>masu<\/em> part, instead of going &#8220;Oh man, wait, does <em>renyou<\/em> form end with the <em>i<\/em> syllable or the <em>a<\/em> syllable?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In this case, the <em>masu<\/em> form of our examples would be, \u884c\u304d (\u3044\u304d), \u3042\u308a and \u8aad\u307f (\u3088\u307f).<\/p>\n<p>To summarize, <em>masu<\/em> form and\u00a0<em>renyou<\/em> form are the same thing, and it&#8217;s used with both adjectives and verbs.<\/p>\n<p>Having said all that, it&#8217;s time to continue with our main topic. Let&#8217;s get back to our examples and continue where we left off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u565b\u307f\u307e\u3059 (\u304b\u307f\u307e\u3059, to bite)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u98df\u3079\u307e\u3059 (\u305f\u3079\u307e\u3059, to eat)<\/p>\n<p>Now just chop off that ending to get the <em>masu\/renyou<\/em> form:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u565b\u3080 (\u304b\u3080) \u2192 \u565b\u307f (\u304b\u307f\uff09<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u98df\u3079\u308b (\u305f\u3079\u308b) \u2192 \u98df\u3079 (\u305f\u3079\uff09<\/p>\n<p>After that, we need to add the appropriate suffix: \u306b\u304f\u3044 if it&#8217;s hard to do and \u3084\u3059\u3044 if it&#8217;s easy to do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u565b\u307f (\u304b\u307f) \u2192 \u565b\u307f\u306b\u304f\u3044\uff0f\u565b\u307f\u3084\u3059\u3044 (\u304b\u307f\u306b\u304f\u3044\uff0f\u304b\u307f\u3084\u3059\u3044, hard to chew\/easy to chew)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u98df\u3079 (\u305f\u3079) \u2192 \u98df\u3079\u306b\u304f\u3044\uff0f\u98df\u3079\u3084\u3059\u3044 (\u305f\u3079\u306b\u304f\u3044\uff0f\u305f\u3079\u3084\u3059\u3044, hard to eat\/easy to eat)<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that substituting adjectives with verbs is no easy feat. Adjectives exist for describing things and verbs for doing things, linguistically speaking. But since Japanese offers us a chance to train our brains a bit and do this, try to take full advantage of that in your food descriptions and switch things up.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples for this grammatical construction, used for describing food in our case:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u30a4\u30ab\u306f\u565b\u307f\u306b\u304f\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3088\u3002(\u3044\u304b\u306f \u304b\u307f\u306b\u304f\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3088\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(Squid is hard to chew.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u30d0\u30ca\u30ca\u306f\u8150\u308a\u3084\u3059\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3088\u3002(\u3070\u306a\u306a\u306f \u304f\u3055\u308a\u3084\u3059\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3088\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(Bananas rot easily.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u30a2\u30a4\u30b9\u30af\u30ea\u30fc\u30e0\u306f\u98df\u3079\u3084\u3059\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002(\u3042\u3044\u3059\u304f\u308a\u3044\u3080\u306f \u305f\u3079\u3084\u3059\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(Ice cream is easy to eat.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">\u3053\u306e\u30aa\u30ec\u30f3\u30b8\u30b8\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\u306f\u98f2\u307f\u3084\u3059\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002(\u3053\u306e \u304a\u308c\u3093\u3058\u3058\u3085\u3046\u3059\u306f \u306e\u307f\u3084\u3059\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(This orange juice goes down easy.)<\/p>\n<p>Was I wrong when I told you this is way more fun than simply using adjectives? Try doing it yourself, you&#8217;ll see what I mean.<\/p>\n<h2>A Word on Japanese Food Culture<\/h2>\n<p>Japanese food culture consists of national cuisine, traditional food customs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/japanese\/introduction-japanese-chopstick-etiquette\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proper eating etiquette<\/a> and a few more tiny aspects like indigenous ingredients and such. Of course, all of those aspects have undergone some changes with time, which is a part of the culture as well.<\/p>\n<p>Here are just a few key, interesting points you should know about Japanese food culture to put things into context before you start learning to describe Japanese food:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Japanese have a variety of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/japanese\/japanese-restaurant-phrases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expressions<\/a> used before, during or after meals, far more than you often find in other languages.<\/li>\n<li>There are certain special kinds of meals served only at certain times. A good example of this is \u304a\u7bc0\u6599\u7406 (\u304a\u305b\u3061\u308a\u3087\u3046\u308a), or the New Year&#8217;s food. A variety of dishes have special symbolic wishes for things like longevity, wealth, fertility and happiness.<\/li>\n<li>The modern age means modern influence and all kinds of new food with it. Japan is full of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcdonalds.co.jp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Western<\/a> food, but even so, they tend to avoid mixing Western food with Japanese food. If you&#8217;re eating scrambled eggs, you won&#8217;t be eating sashimi with it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The amazing and vast world of food in Japan is very special. From interesting and unique ingredients to simple but delicious dishes, as well as complex delicious ones, they have it all.<\/p>\n<p>To show respect towards this part of Japanese culture, the least we can do is learn how to describe all of it with words!<\/p>\n<p>This way, the next time you eat, cook or buy Japanese food, you won&#8217;t have to worry if you got what you wanted or accidentally disrespected the cook with your lack of appropriate adjectives.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"aomtjapan\"> \r\n<p>\r\n<h2>And One More Thing...<\/h2>\r\n<p>\r\nIf you love learning Japanese with authentic materials, then I should also tell you <strong><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/try\/april-sale-3331\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">more about FluentU<\/a>.<\/strong>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nFluentU naturally and gradually eases you into learning Japanese language and culture. You'll learn real Japanese as it's spoken in real life.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nFluentU has a broad range of contemporary videos as you'll see below:\r\n<\/p>\r\n<a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/try\/april-sale-3331\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/site\/\/6\/Japnaese-5.png\" alt=\"learn-japanese-with-videos\" width=\"307\" height=\"546\" \/><\/a>\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>FluentU makes these native Japanese videos approachable through interactive transcripts.<\/strong> Tap on any word to look it up instantly.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/try\/april-sale-3331\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/site\/\/6\/Japanese-2.png\" alt=\"learn-japanese-with-songs\" width=\"307\" height=\"546\" \/><\/a>\r\n<p>\r\nAll definitions have multiple examples, and they're written for Japanese learners like you. Tap to add words you'd like to review to a vocab list.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/try\/april-sale-3331\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/site\/\/6\/Japanese-6.png\" alt=\"learn-japanese-with-movies\" width=\"307\" height=\"546\" \/><\/a>\r\n<p>\r\nAnd FluentU has a learn mode which turns every video into a language learning lesson. You can always swipe left or right to see more examples.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/try\/april-sale-3331\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/site\/\/6\/Japanese-7.png\" alt=\"practice-japanese-with-adaptive-quizzes\" width=\"307\" height=\"546\" \/><\/a>\r\n<p>\r\nThe best part? 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