sushi

Substantiv

1. 1

   A Japanese dish made of small portions of sticky white rice flavored with vinegar, usually wrapped in seaweed and filled or topped with fish, vegetables or meat.

   For the vegetarians, she served cucumber sushi.

   He went to a Japanese restaurant and ordered sushi and noodles.

   Suzuributa.—Mashed fish, eggs, 'sushi' of shrimps, plum cake, black mushroom, plum, and finely cut orange.

   Not long ago a newspaper reporter came to interview me on the subject of unusual foods, and I described to him the persimmon-leaf sushi made by the people who live deep in the mountains of Yoshino—and which I shall take the opportunity to introduce to you here.

2. 2

   seltenOne of the portions from this dish.

   You will recall that, contrary to the relative appearance of the words, the sashimi are the simple raw fish slices and the sushi are the rolls of rice and raw fish.

   Rusty put a sushi in her palm. / Mary Kate popped it into her mouth. It tasted salty and crunchy. “Cucumber!” she said. / “My grandmother puts a surprise in the middle of each one,” said Rusty.

   I reach out and pop a sushi into my mouth while I’m waiting for someone to answer a question.

   Startled by the venom, Erik almost dropped a sushi into his mixture of soy sauce and wasabi.

3. 3

   Raw fish, especially as a Japanese dish.

   'Can't eat sushi?' I said. Then Mom said, 'You can't eat uncooked fish when you're pregnant' as if I'm the one stupid enough to go and get pregnant!

Verb

1. 1

   umgangssprachlichTo prepare (a food) as sushi.

   Our finned friends come in all varieties: sushi-ed, fresh, smoked and otherwise packaged for your consumption.

Formen

Plural

sushis

Präteritum

sushied

Partizip II

sushied

Partizip I

sushiing

3. Person Singular

sushis