How to Say “Let’s eat!” in Japanese

How do you say “Let’s eat!” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

Let’s eat!

いただきます!

 itadakimasu

We say “いただきます itadakimasu” before eating and “ごちそうさまでした gochisousamadeshita” after.

There is no expression equivalent to “ごちそうさまでした” in English. That means something like “It was good/delicious”.

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