by Tomoyuki Higuchi
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”.
Pronunciation
