刺身
Chinese
thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder | body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit | ||
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trad. (刺身) | 刺 | 身 | |
simp. #(刺身) | 刺 | 身 |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 刺身 (sashimi).
Pronunciation
Noun
刺身
- sashimi
Synonyms
- 生魚片/生鱼片 (shēngyúpiàn), 魚生/鱼生 (yúshēng), 撒西米 (sǎxīmǐ), 沙西米 (shāxīmǐ)
Japanese
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刺身 (sashimi)
Kanji in this term | |
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刺 | 身 |
さ(し) Grade: S | み Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative forms
- 刺し身 (sashimi)
Etymology
Compound of 刺し (sashi, “sticking into, sticking between; slicing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 刺す sasu, “to stick into”) + 身 (mi, “flesh, meat”).[1][2] The use of the verb 刺す (sasu) here to mean slice is irregular, and might be due to the kill connotations of the verb 切る (kiru, “to cut, to slice”) during the Muromachi period when this word sashimi first appears.
The term 刺身 (sashimi) is more common in eastern Japan, correlating with 作身 (tsukurimi) in western Japan.
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) さしみ [sàshímíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[2][3]
- IPA(key): [sa̠ɕimʲi]
Noun
刺身 • (sashimi)
- sashimi, a dish of sliced raw fish or meat.
Synonyms
- 作身 (tsukurimi) (western Japan)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 刺身包丁 (sashimibōchō): a sashimi knife
Related terms
- 刺し (sashi)
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.