sashimi
USsuh-SHEE-mee/səˈʃimi/
- 1A dish made up of thin slices or pieces of raw fish or meat.
The izakaya is known for fresh sashimi flown in each morning.
She prefers sashimi to anything cooked when the fish is this good.
- 2An individual piece sliced thinly from raw fish or meat.
He carefully lifted one sashimi from the platter with his chopsticks.
“Maybe I will have one of these sashimi,” I said, reaching for a slimy pink glob.
2012, Laura Levine, Death of a Neighborhood WitchSimilarslice
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Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 刺身 (sashimi), literally "sticking into; slicing" plus "flesh, meat," a reference to the way the flesh of the fish is sliced.