List of types of sushi
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Sushi comes in many varieties.
A La Carte Sushi
The following are sushi types which are just rice and the named item:
- aji (鯵)-- horse mackerel
- akagai (赤貝)-- ark shell
- ama-ebi (甘海老)-- raw sweet shrimp
- aka-yagara--cornetfish
- anago (穴子)-- conger eel
- aoyagi (青柳)-- round clam
- awabi (鮑)-- abalone
- ayu (鮎)-- sweetfish
- buri (鰤)-- adult yellowtail
- chuutoro (中トロ)-- marbled tuna belly
- ebi (海老)-- boiled shrimp
- hamachi (ハマチ)-- young yellowtail
- hamaguri (蛤)-- clam
- hamo -- pike conger; sea eel
- hatahata -- sandfish
- hikari-mono -- various kinds of "shiny" fish, such as mackerel
- himo -- "fringe" around an ark shell
- hiramasa -- kingfish
- hirame -- flounder
- hokkigai -- surf clam
- hoshigarei -- spotted halibut
- hotategai -- scallop
- ibodai -- Japanese butterfish
- ika -- squid
- ikura -- salmon roe
- inada -- very young yellowtail
- isaki -- striped pigfish
- ise ebi -- lobster
- ishigarei -- stone flounder
- kaibashira -- eye of scallop or shellfish valve muscles
- kaiware -- daikon-radish sprouts
- kajiki -- swordfish
- kani -- crab. Also refers to imitation crab
- kanpachi -- very young yellowtail
- karei -- flatfish
- kasugo -- young sea bream
- katsuo -- bonito
- kawahagi -- filefish
- kazunoko -- herring roe
- kibinago -- banded blue sprat
- kisu -- sillago
- kochi --
- kohada -- gizzard shad
- kurodai -- snapper
- kuruma-ebi -- "black shrimp" - prawn
- maguro -- tuna
- makajiki -- blue marlin
- mamakari -- sprat
- masu -- trout
- meji (maguro) -- young tuna
- mekajiki -- swordfish
- mirugai -- surf clam
- mutsu -- bluefish
- negi-toro -- tuna belly and chopped green onion
- ni-ika -- squid simmered in a soy-flavored stock
- nori-tama -- sweetened egg wrapped in dried seaweed
- ohyou --
- okoze -- stonefish
- otoro -- fatty portion of tuna belly
- saba -- mackerel
- sake -- salmon
- sammazushi -- saury
- sawara -- Spanish mackerel
- sayori -- (springtime) halfbeak
- seigo -- young sea bass
- shako -- mantis shrimp or "squilla"
- shibaebi -- grey prawn
- shima-aji -- another variety of aji
- shime-saba -- mackerel (marinated)
- shira-uo -- whitebait
- shiro maguro -- albacore or "white tuna"
- shiromi -- seasonal "white meat" fish
- suzuki -- sea bass
- tai -- sea bream
- tairagai -- razor-shell clam
- tako -- octopus
- tamago -- sweet egg custard wrapped in dried seaweed
- tobiko -- flyingfish roe
- torigai -- cockle
- toro -- choice tuna belly
- tsubugai -- Japanese "tsubugai" shellfish
- unagi -- sweetened broiled eel
- uni -- sea urchin roe
- yaki toro -- fatty salmon
Maki Sushi
These are four types of maki sushi:
- chu maki -- middle sized rolled maki sushi with two or more ingredients
- futo maki -- thick rolled maki sushi with several ingredients
- hoso maki -- thinly rolled maki sushi with typically only one ingredient
- temaki (sushi) -- cone shaped maki sushi
The following are sushi which are rolled, usually in nori:
- california roll (Japanese: カリフォルニア巻き) -- crab, avocado, and cucumber (not usually available in Japan)
- kappa -- cucumber, named after the water spirit that loves cucumber.
- natto -- fermented beans
- oshinko -- takuan or other pickled vegetable
- tamago -- sweet flavored omelette
- tekka -- maguro tuna
- ume -- paste of ume
- wasabi -- paste of wasabi