試食|ししょくshishoku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbsampling food; tasting; trying
    デパートの試食ししょくコーナーへ行いくと、いろいろな物ものがただで食たべられるよ。↗
    You can get all kinds of things to eat if you go to the free samples area in a department store.
Conjugation
Dictionary form試食する(ししょくする)
Polite (masu)試食します(ししょくします)
Negative (nai)試食しない(ししょくしない)
polite (masen)試食しません(ししょくしません)
classical zu / nu試食せず・試食せぬ(ししょくせず・ししょくせぬ)
Past (ta)試食した(ししょくした)
polite (mashita)試食しました(ししょくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)試食しなかった(ししょくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)試食しませんでした(ししょくしませんでした)
Te form試食して(ししょくして)
Potential試食できる(ししょくできる)
Passive試食される(ししょくされる)
Causative試食させる(ししょくさせる)
Causative passive試食させられる(ししょくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)試食すれば(ししょくすれば)
tara試食したら(ししょくしたら)
Volitional試食しよう(ししょくしよう)
polite (mashou)試食しましょう(ししょくしましょう)
Imperative試食しろ(ししょくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym味見あじみCasualColloquial: tasting to check the flavor, while cooking or of the finished dish, as in 「スープの味見」; 「試食」 is more for trying new products or free samples.
  • Synonym試味WrittenWritten/formal prose: tasting the flavor; very rare — say 「味見」 in everyday speech.
  • Related試飲しいんNeutralNeutral: tasting drinks, as in 「ワインの試飲」; the object is a beverage, not food.

Use 「試食」 for trying new products or free samples, as in 「試食コーナー」. To check the flavor while cooking, use 「味見」; for drinks, use 「試飲」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 試ためしに食たべてみること。
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