Sushi Jargon

Some words are used only among workers in the sushi bar.

agari	battera	engawa	gari	gunkan-maki	gyoku
green tea	oshi-zushi	(lit. veranda ) flatfish meat of dorsal fin. The mastles form into a line like floor board. .	pickled ginger	(lit. warship roll) girdled sushi rice with nori (dried laver seaweed) like a boat shape	tamagoyaki or omelette

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hikari-mono	-kan	kataomoi	murasaki	namida/sabi	neta	Oaiso	oshi-zushi
Any shiny back fish like mackerel or sardine	way to count sushi	abalone Kataomoi 片思いmeans "oneway love". Hamaguri 蛤 clam is a symbol of good match, because it's a bivalve and the only two shells of a shell fish can be adopted. Abalone has only one shell and even it wants better half, can not find.	shoyu or soy sauce	wasabi or Japanese horseradish	sushi toppings	(lit: sociability, amiable) Check. When you finish eating at a sushi bar and ask for the check, you say "Okanjoh onegaishimasu". Then, a sheff tells a cashier "Oaiso (onegaishimasu)/ The check,please"	compressed sushi

shari	sukeroku	tekka	kappa	toro
sushi rice	combination sushi set of futomaki and inari-zushi	tuna roll	cucumber roll	fatty tuna belly oh-toro (very fatty) chu-toro (fatty)