Japan sushi & kanji more knowledge 4 green tea, boiled down, kitchen

Agari



That of green tea.

It is a word that came from "Hanayagi Association" dance.

It is a green tea that put out the last original.



"Agari", say that you finished or that end.

Powder green tea goes well with sushi.



Nitsume or Tsume


It boiled down the broth boiled and shiitake mushrooms, kelp and fish and boiled down, and added soy sauce, sugar, mirin, sake and there, that sauce of thickened.



Make from such as conger eel, bonito and other seafood clam-shiitake-kombu.

And is used to grip eel and eel, shellfish, etc., and paint with a brush quickly.



Tsuke-ba



It is a kitchen.
Once upon a time, it is called for work to take advantage of someone in vinegar and soy sauce there were many, a place with a kitchen things.





It is a concatenation of short words of more than one that is well in Japanese.

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Kappa "Kappa maki"



That of cucumber.

Maki is the sushi wrapped in nori.



Have derived from the fact that cut cucumber is similar to the shape of the dish the head of Kappa.



Kappa, specter that inhabit the water bodies such as rivers, ponds, marshes, sea nationwide various local leading to Okinawa from Aomori prefecture of Japan archipelago, land also walking.



Tekka "Tekka maki"



That of seasoned rice rolled in laver that the core of the red tuna.



It comes from where you say a long time ago, and as easy to eat while beating the gambling called Tekkaba the gambling den.



Hikarimono = Bright fish



Refers to the mackerel skin is glowing, horse mackerel, Needlefish, gizzard shad, sardines, etc..



Big fish such as tuna do not eat a piece of skin.

The small fish, eat epidermis including relatively.

Japan sushi & kanji more knowledge 2 Gari Wasabi Omelet

Gari = Ginger



Gari is that ginger sliced ​​thinly.

That of ginger. For sound and rasping sounds bite down, and when you peel.



Gari, instead of eating at the same time as the sushi, eat in between.

Ginger is native to tropical Asia.

Rhizome of ginger has been used as a medicinal since ancient times as a herbal medicine.

Ginger is often the way it is used as a spice.

How to use it or grate, either with ginger soy sauce together with the soy sauce what you grated, either shredded, sprinkle Chop often in Japanese cuisine. It is a spice indispensable ginger and seared sushi and tofu, noodles, horse mackerel.

It is also used frequently as off the smell of fish and meat dishes Japanese food, in Chinese. Adding those slices simmered, stir-fry, soup often.



Namida = Wasabi



That of wasabi. From the fact that tears come out wasabi and work.

Use with grated wasabi raw formally.

Wasabi you have grated stimulates the nose with spicy.



Recently, wasabi in tube is being used at home.



Gyoku = Omelet



That of omelet.

I have derived from reading of Kanji Kanji first omelet Kanji.



Children love this sushi.

And, Cucumber Roll containing the cucumber is also a favorite sushi of children.

Be Careful on it is not a fish.

Japan sushi & kanji more knowledge sushi counting kan neta Soy sauce

The Sushi is a vinegar meal and the Japanese food which put fishery products together mainly.



About kanji Sushi



These letters are the same meanings sushi. 

It is a letter used with the noren of the sushi restaurant front well.

Next, 

I easily explain a term spoken in sushi restaurant.

I explain the origin of words.

Sushi becomes slightly fun when you know it.



Counting of Sushi( = kan)







You count how to count sushi with

1 “one= ii-kan near ichi-kan”, 2 “two=ni-kan”.

In Japanese, pronounce 1=”ichi”.

However, pronounce it “i” or “ii” briefly when connect it with other words.



Neta ( = material)



"neta" or “tane” means materials of the sushi.

For example,

The materials of the newspaper article are "neta" too.



Murasaki ( = Soy sauce)







It is soy sauce. (=in Japanese “shouyu”)







Murasaki is the words that there was from a color purple.



On the next time, I do a continuance.