sashimi

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  1. noun A Japanese dish consisting of very thin bite-size slices of fresh raw fish, traditionally served with soy sauce and wasabi.

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  • But I didn't tell Flash; she was digging into her sashimi, and she was pooped The Internet Unleashed. —  Omni: March 1995
  • Then comes a trio of sashimi -- chu-toro (medium fatty tuna) from Spain, tai snapper from Japan and kanburi (winter yellowtail) from the Sea of Japan -- with that freshly grated wasabi and Katusya-san's own blend of sashimi soy sauce.
  • Since you're eating at a fish market, you know it's fresh, but there's just no way to describe how amazing the sashimi was. —  Sushi Day
  • Once we finished the sashimi, the waitress came and took the shell of the lobster tail, "to put in the soup." —  Sushi Day
  • Robatayakis in Japan don't generally serve raw fish, but at this Godzilla robatayaki, sushi and sashimi are available in the usual mind-numbing variety.
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  1. Japanese : sasu, to prick, stab + mi, body, meat.
 

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