Sushi Terms

Question 1

Name the type of sushi.

Answer 1

Nigiri

Small rice balls with fish

All Nigiri has wasabi between fish and rice

Question 2

Name the type of sushi.

Answer 2

Gunkan

2 pcs

Small cups made of sushi rice and dried seaweed filled with seafood. Most common with Uni or Fish Eggs

Question 3

Name the type of sushi.

Answer 3

Chirashi

Assorted or scattered sushi

Question 4

Name the type of sushi.

Answer 4

Temaki

Hand Rolled - cones made of nori seaweed and filled with sushi rice, seafood, and vegetables.

Question 5

Name the type of sushi.

Answer 5

Shashimi

2 pcs

Raw Fish - Japanese delicacy

Question 6

Name the type of sushi.

Answer 6

Maki - Sushi Rolls

Consists of rice, seaweed, fish, and other ingredients.

Norimaki - seaweed outside
Ura-maki - rice outside

Question 7

Name the type of fish.

Answer 7

Ikura

Salmon Roe

Question 8

Name the type of fish.

Answer 8

Uni

Sea Urchin

Question 9

Name the type of fish.

Answer 9

Sake

Salmon

Question 10

Name the type of fish.

Answer 10

Hamachi

Yellowtail

Question 11

Name the type of fish.

Answer 11

Unagi

Freshwater Eel

Question 12

Name the type of fish.

Answer 12

Saba

Japanese Mackerel

Question 13

Name the type of fish.

Answer 13

Aji

Spanish Horse Mackerel

Question 14

Name the type of fish.

Answer 14

Shima-aji

Striped Jack fish

Question 15

Name the type of fish.

Answer 15

Ebi

Pink Shrimp

Question 16

Name the type of fish.

Answer 16

Botan Ebi

Japanese Sweet Shrimp
(Spot Prawn)

Question 17

Name the type of fish.

Answer 17

Ika

Squid

Question 18

Name the type of fish.

Answer 18

Tako

Octopus

Question 19

Name the type of fish.

Answer 19

Hotate

Japanese Scallop

Question 20

Name the type of Fish.

Answer 20

Mirugai

Geoduck

Question 21

Name the type of Fish.

Answer 21

Suzuki

Seabass

Question 22

Name the type of fish.

Answer 22

Hirame

Fluke

Question 23

Name the type of fish.

Answer 23

Kinmedai

Golden Eye Snapper

Question 24

Name the type of fish.

Answer 24

Tamago

Egg (Japanese Omelette)

Question 25

Name the type of fish.

Answer 25

Tai

Japanese Seabream or
Japanese Red Snapper

Question 26

Name the type of fish.

Answer 26

Kampachi

Japanese Amberjack

Question 27

Name the type of fish.

Answer 27

Akami

Tuna

Question 28

Name the type of fish.

Answer 28

Chu-Toro

Semi Fatty Tuna

Question 29

Name the type of fish.

Answer 29

O-Toro

Fatty Tuna

Question 30

Name the type of fish.

Answer 30

Mentaiko

Marinated roe of Pollock and Cod

Traditional Korean cuisine.

Question 31

Name the type of fish.

Answer 31

Ikura

Large fish roe usually from salmon but also other species

Often marinated in soy and sake

Question 32

Name the type of fish.

Answer 32

Tobiko

Roe of flying fish

Often marinated with different ingredients that change it’s color.

Black - Squid Ink
Pale Orange - Yuzu
Green - Wasabi

Question 33

Name the type of fish.

Answer 33

Osetra Caviar

Russian Sturgeon Caviar from the Caspian and black seas.

Highly prized and regarded as one of the world’s most expensive type of fish row, second only to Beluga Caviar.