sashimi
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 刺身(さしみ) (sashimi, “sticking into; slicing + flesh, meat”), from the way the flesh of the fish is sliced
Inflected forms:
form: sashimis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: sashimi
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A dish consisting of thin slices or pieces of raw fish or meat.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: “I want three sashimis and one large squid tempura. And get the man another drink.” The geisha bowed.
A sashimi of beef—thin peppered strips seared to a point just past rawness—was served with a frothy dressing of egg whites whipped with mustard and herbs, including tarragon and chives. The two sashimis may be the only dishes I enjoyed at La Petite Chaya that are still on the menu, […]
“Two Caesars to begin, mine with extra anchovies,” Carlsson says, “then, let’s see, Miss Preston’s a fish lover, so do the tuna and sand dab sashimi as a main for her, and I’ll have the free-range as usual.” / “One sashimi, one chicken. Very good, sir.”
gloss: A thin slice or piece of raw fish or meat.
pos: noun
tags: countable
rare
usually
examples: The display and garnishing of the sashimi is an important testing ground for the chef’s artistic originality. After all, the fish are raw, and beyond making sure that they are fresh and of high quality, there is little to be done about the flavor. Therefore the chef must become an artist if the sashimi are to be memorable.
You will recall that, contrary to the relative appearance of the words, the sashimi are the simple raw fish slices and the sushi are the rolls of rice and raw fish.
The remarkable news is that all the sashimi were quite fresh — hard to achieve in a small restaurant.
It is customary to serve sashimi in odd numbers, which are considered lucky, and servings of five sashimi are common. Thus, the small flat dish in which the soy sauce comes is large enough, but not too large, for one sashimi at a time.
“Maybe I will have one of these sashimi,” I said, reaching for a slimy pink glob.
Nudge the photo over (using keyboard arrow keys if you like) so that the sashimi are well situated in the frame.
Related words: kuai
Derived words: sashimied
sashimi grade
Translations:
lang: Amharic
word: ሳሺሚ
roman: sašimi
lang: Arabic
word: سَاشِيمِي
roman: sāšīmī
lang: Armenian
word: սաշիմի
roman: sašimi
lang: Belarusian
word: сашы́мі
roman: sašými
lang: Bengali
word: সাশিমি
roman: śaśimi
lang: Bulgarian
word: саши́ми
roman: sašími
lang: Burmese
word: ဆာရှိမိ
roman: hcahri.mi.
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 刺身
roman: ci³ san¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 魚生 /鱼生
roman: jyu⁴ saang¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 生魚片 /生鱼片
lang: Chinese
word: 刺身
roman: chhiah-sin
lang: Chinese
word: 沙西米
roman: sa-sí-mih
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 刺身
roman: cìshēn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 魚生 /鱼生
roman: yúshēng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 生魚片 /生鱼片
roman: shēngyúpiàn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 撒西米
roman: sāxīmǐ
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 沙西米
roman: shāxīmǐ
lang: Czech
word: sašimi
lang: Esperanto
word: saŝimo
lang: Finnish
word: sashimi
lang: French
word: sashimi
lang: Georgian
word: საშიმი
roman: sašimi
lang: German
word: Sashimi
lang: Greek
word: σασίμι
roman: sasími
lang: Gujarati
word: સશિમી
roman: saśimī
lang: Gujarati
word: સાશિમી
roman: sāśimī
lang: Hebrew
word: סָשִׁימִי
roman: sashími
lang: Hindi
word: साशिमी
roman: sāśimī
lang: Hindi
word: सशिमी
roman: saśimī
lang: Hungarian
word: szasimi
lang: Indonesian
word: sashimi
lang: Japanese
word: 刺身
roman: sashimi
lang: Kannada
word: ಸಶಿಮೀ
roman: saśimī
lang: Kannada
word: ಸಾಶಿಮೀ
roman: sāśimī
lang: Korean
word: 생선회
roman: saengseonhoe
lang: Korean
word: 사시미
roman: sasimi
lang: Lao
word: ຊາຊິມິ
roman: sā si mi
lang: Lü
word: ᦌᦱᦌᦲᦙᦲ
roman: saasiimii
lang: Macedonian
word: саши́ми
roman: sašími
lang: Malay
word: sasyimi
lang: Iranian Persian
word: ساشیمی
roman: sâšimi
lang: Polish
word: sashimi
lang: Portuguese
word: sashimi
lang: Russian
word: саши́ми
roman: sašími
lang: Russian
word: саси́ми
roman: sasími
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: сашими
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sašimi
lang: Sinhalese
word: සෂිමි
roman: saṣimi
lang: Slovak
word: sašimi
lang: Slovene
word: sašimi
lang: Spanish
word: sashimi
lang: Tamil
word: சசிமீ
roman: cacimī
lang: Tamil
word: சாசிமீ
roman: cācimī
lang: Telugu
word: సశిమీ
roman: saśimī
lang: Telugu
word: సాశిమీ
roman: sāśimī
lang: Thai
word: ซาชิมิ
roman: saa-chí-mí
lang: Turkish
word: saşimi
lang: Ukrainian
word: саші́мі
roman: sašími
lang: Urdu
word: ساشِمی
roman: sāśimī
lang: Urdu
word: سَشِمی
roman: saśimī
lang: Welsh
word: sashimi