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su·shi

 (so͞o′shē)
n.
Cold cooked rice dressed with vinegar that is shaped into pieces and topped with raw or cooked fish, or formed into a roll with fish, egg, or vegetables and often wrapped in seaweed.

[Japanese, from Old Japanese susi, salted fish preserved in fermenting rice, possibly a nominalization of susi, sour : su-, sour (akin to su, vinegar, perhaps imitative of a puckering or sucking sound, or from Early Middle Chinese tshɔh, vinegar) + -si, finite predicative adjective ending.]
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sushi

(ˈsuːʃɪ)
n
(Cookery) a Japanese dish consisting of small cakes of cold rice with a topping esp of raw fish
[from Japanese]
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su•shi

(ˈsu ʃi)

n.
a Japanese dish of bite-sized cakes of cold boiled rice flavored with rice vinegar and rolled in seaweed with or topped with raw fish, vegetables, or egg. Compare sashimi.
[1895–1900; < literary Japanese: literally, it is sour]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.sushi - rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweedsushi - rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed
dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner"
Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
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Translations

sushi

[ˈsuːʃɪ]
A. Nsushi m
B. CPD sushi bar Nbar m de sushi
sushi restaurant Nrestaurante m de sushi
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sushi

[ˈsuːʃi] nsushi msushi bar nbar m à sushis
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But sushi is starting to take off in a big way here, and that's partly due to people discovering sushi isn't what they imagine - slippery, smelly and just a bit too exotic.
Like a wink and a smile, no two things go together better than good sushi and sake.
As straightforward as its name, the modern Japanese restaurant serves traditional sashimi and nigiri, fun and inventive makis, and aburi or flame-torched sushi, with an impressive selection of sakes, including the wicked Kozaemon Junmai Daiginjo.
At the bar we got to chat with the hotel's resident sushi and sashimi specialty chef and the man at the helm of the restaurant, chef Jefferson 'Jeff' Yalung, who prepares the dishes nightly behind the counter.
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For example, live shrimp was a popular sushi item until the late 1990s, but then people became more refined in their tastes and found out that cooked shrimp--Edo-style sushi--tasted good, so the style is making a comeback.