Bruce wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:47:09 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> > wrote:
>
>> 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:
>>>
>>>> On Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 11:30:54 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> What is it they are saying as they take their first bite?
>>>>
>>>> "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.
>>>
>>> "Let's eat" shows respect for the food. Hawaiian logic.
>>
>> 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.
>

Even plants?

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:06:31 -0600, Hank Rogers >
wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:47:09 -0800 (PST), dsi1
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 11:30:54 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is it they are saying as they take their first bite?
>>>>>
>>>>> "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.
>>>>
>>>> "Let's eat" shows respect for the food. Hawaiian logic.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>
>Even plants?

Yes, and oceans and mountains. Stuff like that.