On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:47:09 -0800 (PST), dsi1
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>On Monday, February 25, 2019 at 9:21:23 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:19:10 -0800 (PST), dsi1
>> > wrote:
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>> >On Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 11:30:54 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
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>> >> What is it they are saying as they take their first bite?
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>> >"Itadakimasu" is customary to say before eating in Japan. I think it means "let's eat." You can say it casually like those guy do or formally. I like the practice because it shows respect for the food.
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>> "Let's eat" shows respect for the food. Hawaiian logic.
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>Literally, it does mean "lets eat." Obviously, there's something more going on than that. My guess is that this reverence for food stems from their Shintoists beliefs that objects in nature have a spirit. The Hawaiians believed that too. As we all know, you gotta respect nature.

Yes, we should.