sashimi
pronunciation
How to pronounce sashimi in British English:
UK [ˈsæʃɪmi]
How to pronounce sashimi in American English:
US [sɑˈshimi]
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- Noun:
- very thinly sliced raw fish
Word Origin
- sashimi (n.)
- "thin slices of raw fish," 1880, from Japanese, from sashi "pierce" + mi "flesh."
Example
- 1. Whale meat sashimi is served with fresh ginger at a hotel in taiji
- 2. The waitress shuffles in again , bringing tea to pour over our rice and sashimi .
- 3. The best thing she has had is seared calf liver sashimi at a japanese place in the west village .
- 4. My flounder sashimi , fresh , though unequivocally dead , was perfection .
- 5. Many japanese , it seems , would be angry if they were not allowed to eat a prized source of sushi and sashimi to extinction .