舌鼓

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 舌鼓, read したつづみ, combines 舌, tongue, and 鼓, drum, in an expression for relishing food.
• Basic usage: It is used for enjoying seasonal fish at an inn or chestnut sweets at a shop.
  • 旅館で旬の魚に舌鼓を打った。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• An idiom for relishing food
  • 舌鼓を打つ functions as one idiom meaning to relish food. In 旬の魚に舌鼓を打つ, the food being enjoyed appears before に.