Sushi Translations

Question 0

Chu-toro

Answer 0

Tuna belly

Question 1

O-toro

Answer 1

Supreme tuna belly

Question 2

Hon Maguro

Answer 2

Bluefin tuna

Question 3

Bachi-Maguro

Answer 3

Bigeye tuna

Question 4

Shiro Maguro

Answer 4

Albacore

Question 5

Taraba Gani

Answer 5

Alaskan King Crab

Question 6

Hirame

Answer 6

Halibut

Question 7

Unagi

Answer 7

Fresh water eel

Question 8

Anago

Answer 8

Sea eel

Question 9

Ama Ebi

Answer 9

Sweet Shrimp

Question 10

Ebi

Answer 10

Shrimp

Question 11

Waygu

Answer 11

Beef

Question 12

Ikura

Answer 12

Salmon Egg

Question 13

Sake

Answer 13

Salmon

Question 14

Sake-toro

Answer 14

Salmon belly

Question 15

Aji

Answer 15

Spanish Mackerel

Question 16

Hotate

Answer 16

Scallop

Question 17

Uni

Answer 17

Sea Urchin

Question 18

Tai

Answer 18

Japanese Red Snapper

Question 19

Kampachi

Answer 19

Amberjack - a fish within the same family as the yellowtail and the pompano fish

Question 20

Hamachi

Answer 20

Yellowtail

Question 21

Hamachi-toro

Answer 21

Yellowtail belly

Question 22

Masago

Answer 22

Smelt Egg

Question 23

Ika

Answer 23

Squid

Question 24

Tako

Answer 24

Octopus

Question 25

Tobiko

Answer 25

Flying Fish Roe (eggs)

Question 26

Ankimo

Answer 26

Monkfish

Question 27

Dashi

Answer 27

Japanese base stock, bonito flakes and konbu

Question 28

Daikon

Answer 28

White radish

Question 29

Edamame

Answer 29

Soy beans

Question 30

Gobo

Answer 30

Pickled burdock root

Question 31

Kama

Answer 31

Refers to the “collar of the fish”

Question 32

Konbu

Answer 32

Sea kelp

Question 33

Kumamoto

Answer 33

Sweet oyster of Japanese decent

Question 34

Mirin

Answer 34

Sweet cooking sake

Question 35

Miso

Answer 35

Fermented soy bean paste

Question 36

Nasu

Answer 36

Japanese eggplant

Question 37

Negi

Answer 37

Spring onion (or scallion)

Question 38

Nigiri

Answer 38

Fish over rice with wasabi (Japanese word for sushi)

Question 39

Nori

Answer 39

Dried toasted sea kelp used for nigiri

Question 40

Omakase

Answer 40

Japanese phrase meaning “from the heart”

Question 41

Ponzu

Answer 41

Soy sauce with citrus (usually lemon)

Question 42

Saikyo

Answer 42

Black cod

Question 43

Sake (drink)

Answer 43

Japanese rice wine

Question 44

Sashimi

Answer 44

Sliced raw fish (no rice)

Question 45

Shichimi

Answer 45

Japanese seven spice, chili sesame, chinipi mustard, sansho, mustard

Question 46

Shiso

Answer 46

Perilla, red and green, tastes like mint/basil

Question 47

Takuan

Answer 47

Pickled daikon, colored yellow with tumeric

Question 48

Tamago

Answer 48

Sweet egg custard sushi

Question 49

Tataki

Answer 49

“Lightly seared”

Question 50

Uzura

Answer 50

Quail egg

Question 51

Ume boshi

Answer 51

Pickled Japanese plum colored with red shiso

Question 52

Wasabi

Answer 52

Japanese horseradish root

Question 53

Wakame

Answer 53

Lobe leaf seaweed

Question 54

Saba

Answer 54

Mackerel

Question 55

Sawara

Answer 55

King Mackerel

Question 56

Mirugai

Answer 56

Jumbo clam

Question 57

Awabi

Answer 57

Abalone

Question 58

Kani

Answer 58

Snow crab

Question 59

Botan Ebi

Answer 59

Jumbo sweet shrimp

Question 60

Ebodai

Answer 60

Butterfish

Question 61

Kasugo

Answer 61

Baby Tai (white fish)

Question 62

Kurodai

Answer 62

Black bream (white fish)

Question 63

Abodai

Answer 63

Sea bream (white fish)

Question 64

Aoyagai

Answer 64

Orange clam

Question 65

Suzuki

Answer 65

Japanese sea bass

Question 66

Hamo

Answer 66

Pike eel

Question 67

Sayori

Answer 67

Needle fish originates from silver skin (taste like whitefish)

Question 68

Shima Aji

Answer 68

Jack mackerel