Sushi Translations Flashcards
(69 cards)
0
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Chu-toro
A
Tuna belly
1
Q
O-toro
A
Supreme tuna belly
2
Q
Hon Maguro
A
Bluefin tuna
3
Q
Bachi-Maguro
A
Bigeye tuna
4
Q
Shiro Maguro
A
Albacore
5
Q
Taraba Gani
A
Alaskan King Crab
6
Q
Hirame
A
Halibut
7
Q
Unagi
A
Fresh water eel
8
Q
Anago
A
Sea eel
9
Q
Ama Ebi
A
Sweet Shrimp
10
Q
Ebi
A
Shrimp
11
Q
Waygu
A
Beef
12
Q
Ikura
A
Salmon Egg
13
Q
Sake
A
Salmon
14
Q
Sake-toro
A
Salmon belly
15
Q
Aji
A
Spanish Mackerel
16
Q
Hotate
A
Scallop
17
Q
Uni
A
Sea Urchin
18
Q
Tai
A
Japanese Red Snapper
19
Q
Kampachi
A
Amberjack - a fish within the same family as the yellowtail and the pompano fish
20
Q
Hamachi
A
Yellowtail
21
Q
Hamachi-toro
A
Yellowtail belly
22
Q
Masago
A
Smelt Egg
23
Q
Ika
A
Squid
24
Tako
Octopus
25
Tobiko
Flying Fish Roe (eggs)
26
Ankimo
Monkfish
27
Dashi
Japanese base stock, bonito flakes and konbu
28
Daikon
White radish
29
Edamame
Soy beans
30
Gobo
Pickled burdock root
31
Kama
Refers to the "collar of the fish"
32
Konbu
Sea kelp
33
Kumamoto
Sweet oyster of Japanese decent
34
Mirin
Sweet cooking sake
35
Miso
Fermented soy bean paste
36
Nasu
Japanese eggplant
37
Negi
Spring onion (or scallion)
38
Nigiri
Fish over rice with wasabi (Japanese word for sushi)
39
Nori
Dried toasted sea kelp used for nigiri
40
Omakase
Japanese phrase meaning "from the heart"
41
Ponzu
Soy sauce with citrus (usually lemon)
42
Saikyo
Black cod
43
Sake (drink)
Japanese rice wine
44
Sashimi
Sliced raw fish (no rice)
45
Shichimi
Japanese seven spice, chili sesame, chinipi mustard, sansho, mustard
46
Shiso
Perilla, red and green, tastes like mint/basil
47
Takuan
Pickled daikon, colored yellow with tumeric
48
Tamago
Sweet egg custard sushi
49
Tataki
"Lightly seared"
50
Uzura
Quail egg
51
Ume boshi
Pickled Japanese plum colored with red shiso
52
Wasabi
Japanese horseradish root
53
Wakame
Lobe leaf seaweed
54
Saba
Mackerel
55
Sawara
King Mackerel
56
Mirugai
Jumbo clam
57
Awabi
Abalone
58
Kani
Snow crab
59
Botan Ebi
Jumbo sweet shrimp
60
Ebodai
Butterfish
61
Kasugo
Baby Tai (white fish)
62
Kurodai
Black bream (white fish)
63
Abodai
Sea bream (white fish)
64
Aoyagai
Orange clam
65
Suzuki
Japanese sea bass
66
Hamo
Pike eel
67
Sayori
Needle fish originates from silver skin (taste like whitefish)
68
Shima Aji
Jack mackerel
