Learn some new sushi vocabulary or brush up on terms you already know.
Ama-ebi: sweet shrimp
Ebi: shrimp
Gari: pickled ginger slices
Hamachi: yellowtail
Hana: flower
Hirame: fluke
Hokki-Gai: surf clam
Hotate: sea scallop
Ika: squid
Ikura: salmon roe, or fish eggs
Inari: thin, fried, seasoned tofu with rice inside
Kani: king crab
Kanimi: imitation crab meat made from white fish
Kanpyo: gourd
Kappa: cucumber
Maguro: tuna
Maki Sushi: “Roll” sushi, typically rice rolled in seaweed with various ingredients inside
Masago: smelt roe
Nigiri Sushi: fish slices on top of a small ball of rice
Nori: thin, dried seaweed used to wrap the rice
Oshinko: pickled radish
Saba: mackerel
Sashimi: sushi-grade fish without rice
Shiitake: mushroom
Shouga: pickled ginger slices
Sushi: any dish made with vinegared rice
Tako: octopus
Tamago: omelet
Temaki Sushi: handrolls where sushi is rolled into an ice-cream cone shape
Tombo: dragonfly
Unagi: fresh water eel
Uni: sea urchin