# sushi

Pronunciation: say "SOO-shee" US /ˈsuʃi/, UK /ˈsuːʃi/

## Noun

1. A Japanese dish of bite-size portions of vinegared rice topped with or rolled around fish, vegetables, or other ingredients, often in a seaweed wrapper.
   - Simple: A Japanese food of small pieces of sticky rice flavored with vinegar, wrapped in seaweed and topped with fish.
   - _We shared several plates of sushi at the new restaurant downtown._
   - _Traditional sushi pairs vinegared rice with carefully sliced fish._
3. Raw fish, especially when served as a Japanese dish. *(nonstandard)*
   - Simple: Raw fish eaten as food, especially in Japanese cooking.
   - _She won't eat sushi while pregnant because of the raw fish._
   - _Grandpa refuses to touch sushi; he says fish should be cooked until it flakes._

## Verb

4. To prepare a piece of food so that it is served as sushi. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To make a food into sushi.
   - _The chef likes to sushi local vegetables when good fish is scarce._
   - _They sushi the day's catch within hours of landing it._

## Noun

2. A single portion of sushi, counted as one piece rather than the food in general. *(rare)*
   - Simple: A single piece of the Japanese rice-and-fish dish.
   - _She picked up a single sushi with her chopsticks and dipped it lightly in soy sauce._
   - _Only one sushi remained on the tray by the end of dinner._

## Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 寿司 (sushi, "sushi, sour rice"), which ultimately comes from an archaic form 酸し (sushi, "sour, vinegared") of the modern adjective 酸い (sui, "sour, vinegared").

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