これとても美味しいです
kore totemo oishii desu
In Japanese, "this is very good" is expressed as これとても美味しいです (kore totemo oishii desu) when specifically referring to the taste of food or drink.
The phrase これとても美味しいです is used to say that food or drink tastes delicious. Note that 美味しい specifically refers to taste. If you want to describe a non-food item like a song or a movie as being great, it is more common to use other adjectives such as sugoi instead.
Which one should you use?
While これとても美味しいです is for taste, other phrases can express high quality in different contexts. For example, とても素晴らしいです means "This is very wonderful" or "This is excellent," and 非常に良いです is a formal way to say "extremely good."
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
For more casual settings with friends, you can use the informal これ、すごく美味しい！ by replacing totemo with sugoku and dropping the desu at the end. You might also use the informal すごくいい to mean "really good" or the very casual めちゃくちゃ良い to mean "crazy good" or "amazing."
How does it change in a sentence?
To express that the food "was" very good in the past tense, change the adjective ending to とても美味しかったです.
How do you pronounce it?
kore totemo oishii desu
Did you know?
- While 美味しい is the standard word for 'delicious', many Japanese people use the word 旨い (umai) in casual settings. However, umai can also mean 'skillful' or 'clever' depending on the context.
- The slang めちゃくちゃ used to describe food as 'crazy good' originally described something 'messy' or 'in disorder'.
- Japanese speakers may use 美味しい to describe a 'lucrative' business deal or a situation that is figuratively 'sweet'.
Examples in context
- このレストランの料理はとても良いです。The food at this restaurant is very good.
- この映画はとても素晴らしいです。This movie is excellent.
- この商品は非常に良いです。This product is extremely good.
- この本、すんごい面白いよ！This book is incredibly interesting!
- お茶、これとても美味しいです。ocha, kore totemo oishii desu.The tea, this is very good.
Example conversation
Yui and Kenta are eating cake at a cafe.
- 健太 Kenta結衣さん、このケーキはどうですか？Yui-san, kono keiki wa dou desu ka?Yui, how is this cake?
- 結衣 Yuiこれとても美味しいです！Kore totemo oishii desu!This is very good!
- 健太 Kentaよかった。僕もそう思います。Yokatta. Boku mo sou omoimasu.I'm glad. I think so too.
- 結衣 Yui健太さんに勧められてよかったです。Kenta-san ni susumerarete yokatta desu.I'm glad you recommended it, Kenta.
