sushi
/ˈsuʃi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "I lived in New York all my life. We used to have Chinese restaurants, ltalian restaurants. Now you have these sushi restaurants. Everyone goes for sushi. Sushi—I hate the stuff. Although, I tell you, I had some the other day. I took it home, I cooked it, it wasn't bad. It tasted like fish."
- "To appreciate sushi, you have to forget the tastes and textures that come with Western cuisine. At first glance (or should I say taste?), a sushi of flounder will not be that different from a sushi of sea bream. But, for the Japanese, these two sushi are as different as roast beef and roast pork are for a Westerner."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsuʃi/
- British English: /ˈsuːʃi/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Food.