# sashimi

Pronunciation: US say "suh-SHEE-mee" /səˈʃimi/; UK

## Noun

1. A dish made up of thin slices or pieces of raw fish or meat.
   - Simple: A Japanese dish made of thin slices 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._

## Noun

2. An individual piece sliced thinly from raw fish or meat. *(rare)*
   - Simple: A single thin slice of raw fish or meat.
   - _He carefully lifted one sashimi from the platter with his chopsticks._
   - _Each sashimi was cut to exactly the same thickness._

## 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.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/sashimi (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).