JAPANESE TERMS
 
Don Buri
chicken, pork, or beef fried with vegetables & sauce, served over a bowl of white rice
 
Gari
pickled ginger
 
Hako Sushi
sliced fish, rice & crabmeat mixture pressed into a wooden box & then cut into slices
 
Itamae-San
sushi chef
 
Kanpyo
Japanese spaghetti: squash
 
Miso
fermented soy beans prepared in a paste (soy beans are an excellent source of protein)
 
Nigiri Sushi
Japanese rice topped with sliced raw fish
 
Nori
toasted seaweed
 
Nori Maki
raw fish, rice and other ingredients rolled in toasted seaweed
 
Ocha
japanese green tea
 
Otemuto
japanese chopsticks
 
Sake
rice vinegar
 
Sashimi
thinly sliced raw fish
 
Shoyu
japanese soy sauce
 
Temaki
hand-rolled sushi
 
Tempura
seafood and vegetables covered in a delicate batter and fried
 
Wasabi
japanese horseradish – hot!
 
Ebi
shrimp
 
Hata
grouper
 
Hotategai
scallop
 
Inari
fried tofu
 
Kani
crab
 
Karasugai
mussel
 
Maguro
tuna
 
Masago
smelt eggs
 
Shimesaba
mackerel
 
Sake
salmon
 
Surimi
sticks of crabmeat
 
Suzuki
sea bass
 
Tai
snapper
 
Tako
octopus
 
Tamago
egg omelet
 
Tobiko
flying fish eggs
 
Unagi
eel