Food Sample
Taste
noun, verbal noun
Go ahead and try an eat. How was that little try? That little food sample? That little taste?
You know when you walk into the supermarket and have people offering you the tiniest cube of cheese? That's what this is. So this word is commonly used in the context of product demonstrations or food events.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.
先ずは何も言わないで試食してみて。
First, just taste it without saying anything.
試食の後、買う気を失ったんです。
I lost interest in buying this after sampling it.
コストコには試食のサンプルを食べるために行くようなものです。
It's almost like I'm going to Costco to eat the food samples.