Sushi - Sushi Info (Sushi Terminology) - What is Zushi?
What is Zushi?
Sushi or Zushi?
Zushi
is the same meaning as sushi.
There
is a grammatical rule of ‘hardening’ the first letter the suffix of a
compound
word if it is a certain group of consonants( see table below).
Therefore the
word zushi will never be used alone. It will be always be proceeded by
another
noun, adjective, verb or adverb. For the sake of avoiding confusion,
this website will not use Japanese compound words, and refer to them
separately, or otherwise make notations.
Some
common examples of sushi terms following this
grammatical rule are:
| Consonant |
Altered
Consonant |
Word
Combination |
Translation |
Resulting
Compound Word |
| K |
G |
Hotate
Kai |
Scallop Clam |
Hotate(g)ai |
| S, Tsu |
Z |
Edomae
Sushi |
Edo Style Sushi |
Edomae(z)ushi |
|
|
Usu
Tsukuri |
Thin
Preparation |
Usu(z)ukuri (A
popular sashimi
style) |
| T |
D |
Ma
Tai |
True Red Snapper |
Ma(d)ai |
| H,F |
B |
Sashimi
Bocho |
Sashimi Knife |
Sashimi(b)ocho |
|
|
Gin
Funa |
Silver
Carp |
Gin(b)una
(Used for nare
sushi, or narezushi) |
| Sh |
J |
Sashimi
Shoyu |
Sashimi
Soy Sauce |
Sashimi(j)yoyu |
|
