刺身

Chinese
 
thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder
 
body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
simp. and trad.
(刺身)		 刺 身

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 刺身 (さしみ) (sashimi).

Pronunciation

Noun

刺身

  1. sashimi

Synonyms

Japanese
刺身 (sashimi)
Kanji in this term
刺 身
さ(し)
Grade: S		 み
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of 刺し (sashi, “sticking into, sticking between; slicing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 刺す sasu, “to stick into”) +‎ 身 (mi, “flesh, meat”).[1][2] The use of the verb 刺す (sasu) here to mean slice is irregular, and might be due to the kill connotations of the verb 切る (kiru, “to cut, to slice”) during the Muromachi period when this word sashimi first appears.

The term 刺身 (sashimi) is more common in eastern Japan, correlating with 作身 (tsukurimi) in western Japan.

Pronunciation

Noun

刺身 (hiragana さしみ, rōmaji sashimi)

  1. sashimi, a dish of sliced raw fish or meat.

Synonyms
  • 作 (つくり)身 (み) (tsukurimi) (western Japan)

Derived terms
Derived terms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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