sashimi

noun

sa·​shi·​mi ˈsä-shə-mē How to pronounce sashimi (audio)
sä-ˈshē-
: a Japanese dish of thinly sliced raw fish

Examples of sashimi in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For starters, there was redfish sashimi flavored with miyagawa ponzu and chili oil, and globe artichokes stuffed with kale cream. Gisela Williams, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024 There’s a general flow to the meal—usually sashimi and cold dishes in the beginning, fried and grilled things towards the middle, and then a rice or udon at the end, a bit of starch to fill you up and soak up the alcohol. Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 3 Apr. 2024 The restaurant hand-grates its intense wasabi and has a stunning lineup of raw fish featured in its sashimi. Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 Democratic Party spokesman Kwon Chil-seung told reporters during a briefing that the attacker was believed to have used a sashimi knife. Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024 Four top Japanese government ministers, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, ate sashimi from Fukushima this week, seeking to dispel safety concerns about fish from the region after the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023 The officials on Wednesday had sashimi of flounder, octopus and sea bass, which was caught off the Fukushima coast, along with rice harvested in the prefecture, according to Economy and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who was at the lunch meeting. Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023 Truffle sashimi with tuna, hamachi, chili ponzu and black truffle purée. Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2023 By the following Monday, the buzz had died down enough that Costco had a display case stacked with three different rolls, three different nigiri sushi and a sashimi offering. oregonlive, 13 July 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Japanese

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sashimi was in 1879

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“Sashimi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sashimi. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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