How to Say ‘Wow, it looks delicious!’ in Japanese
わあ、おいしそう！
waa oishi sou
[WAH oy-SHEE sou]
💬 Usage Tip: Adding そう to おいしい (minus the final い) gives "looks delicious", based on appearance. Also たかい becomes たかそう "looks expensive".
Phrase Breakdown
わあ
waa
[WAH]
wow
Exclamation of amazement or delight.
わあ、きれい！
Wow, beautiful!
おいし
oishi
[oy-SHEE]
delicious (stem)
Stem of oishii 'tasty', used before そう to mean 'looks tasty'.
このケーキはおいしそうです。
This cake looks delicious.
そう
sou
[sou]
seems like; looks like
Added to a verb stem to show something appears likely or seems that way.
この会社は自分に合いそうです。
This company seems like it would suit me.
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