Sushi a la carte

• aji -- horse mackerel　－あじ
• akagai -- ark shell　－あかがい
• ama-ebi -- raw shrimp　－あまえび
• anago -- conger eel　－あなご
• aoyagi -- round clam　あおやぎ
• awabi -- abalone　－あわび
• ayu -- sweetfish　あゆ
• buri -- adult yellowtail　ーぶり
• chutoro -- marbled tuna belly　ちゅうとろ
• ebi -- boiled shrimp　ーえび
• hamachi -- young yellowtail　ーはまち
• hamaguri -- clam　ーはまぐり
• hamo -- pike conger; sea eel　－はも
• hatahata -- sandfish　ーはたはた
• hikari-mono -- various kinds of "shiny" fish, such as mackerel　－ひかりもの
• himo -- "fringe" around an ark shell　－ひも
• hirame -- flounder　－ひらめ
• hokkigai -- surf clam　ーほっきがい
• hotategai -- scallop　－ほたてがい
• ika -- squid　－いか
• ikura -- salmon roe　－いくら
• inada -- very young yellowtail　ーいなだ
• kaibashira -- eye of scallop or shellfish valve muscles　ーかいばしら
• kaiware -- daikon-radish sprouts　ーかいわれ
• kajiki -- swordfish　－かじき
• kani -- crab　ーかに
• kanpachi -- very young yellowtail　ーかんぱち
• karei -- flatfish　ーかれい
• katsuo -- bonito　かつお
• kazunoko -- herring roe　ーかずのこ
• kohada -- gizzard shad　ーこはだ
• kuruma-ebi -- prawn　－くるまえび
• maguro -- tuna　－まぐろ
• makajiki -- blue marlin　－まかじき
• masu -- trout　－ます
• meji (maguro) -- young tuna　－めじ
• mekajiki -- swordfish　ーめかじき
• mirugai -- surf clam　－みるがい
• negi-toro -- tuna belly and chopped green onion　－ねぎとろ
• ni-ika -- squid simmered in a soy-flavored stock　ーにいか
• nori-tama -- sweetened egg wrapped in dried seaweed　ーのりたま
• Otoro -- fatty portion of tuna belly　－おおとろ
• saba -- mackerel　ーさば
• sake -- salmon　－さけ
• sawara -- Spanish mackerel　ーさわら
• sayori -- (springtime) halfbeak　－さより
• seigo -- young sea bass　－せいご
• shako -- mantis shrimp　ーしゃけ
• shima-aji -- another variety of aji　ーしまあじ
• shime-saba -- mackerel (marinated)　ーしめさば
• shiromi -- seasonal "white meat" fish　－しろみ
• suzuki -- sea bass　－すずき
• tai -- sea bream　－たい
• tairagai -- razor-shell clam　ーたいらがい
• tako -- octopus　ーたこ
• tamago -- sweet egg custard wrapped in dried seaweed　－たまご
• torigai -- cockle　ーとりがい
• toro -- choice tuna belly　－とろ
• tsubugai -- Japanese "tsubugai" shellfish　－つぶがい
• uni -- sea urchin roe　－うに

Maki-zushi (sushi rolls)

• maki-mono -- vinegared rice and fish (or other ingredients) rolled in nori seaweed　－まきもの
• tekka-maki -- tuna-filled maki-zushi　－てっかまき
• kappa-maki -- cucumber-filled maki-zushi　ーかっぱまき
• tekkappa-maki -- selection of both tuna and cucumber rolls　－てっかっぱまき
• oshinko-maki -- -pickled-daikon (radish) rolls　－おしんこまき
• kaiware-maki -- daikon-sprout roll　－かいわれまき
• umejiso-maki -- Japanese ume plum and perilla-leaf rollーうめじそまき
• negitoro-maki -- scallion-and-tuna roll　－ねぎとろまき
• chuutoro-maki -- marbled-tuna roll　－ちゅうとろまき
• ootoro-maki -- fatty-tuna roll　－おおとろまき
• kanpyo-maki -- pickled-gourd rolls ーかんぴょうまき
• futo-maki -- a fat roll filled with rice, sweetened cooked egg, pickled gourd, and bits of vegetables　－ふとまき
• nori-maki -same as kanpyo-maki; in Osaka, same as futo-makiーのりまき
• natto-maki-sticky, strong-tasting fermented-soybean rollsなっとうまき
• ana-kyuu-maki -- conger eel-and-cucumber rolls　ーあなきゅうまき
• temaki -- hand-rolled cones made from dried seaweed　－てまき
• maguro-temaki -- tuna temaki　ーまぐろてまき

Other sushi terms

• nigiri(-zushi) -pieces of raw fish over vinegared rice ballsーにぎり
• Edomae-zushi -- same as nigiri-zushi　－えどまえずし
• chirashi(-zushi) -assorted raw fish and vegetables over riceーちらし
• tekka-don -- pieces of raw tuna over rice　－てっかどん
• sashimi -- raw fish (without rice)　ーさしみ

  　

• chakin-zushi -vinegared rice wrapped in a thin egg crepeちゃきんずし
• inari-zushi -- vinegared rice and vegetables wrapped in a bag of fried tofu　－いなりずし
• oshi-zushi -- Osaka-style sushi: squares of pressed rice topped with vinegared/cooked fish　－おしずし
• battera(-zushi) -- oshi-zushi topped with mackerel　－ばってら

  　

• tataki -- pounded, almost raw fish　－たたき
• odori-ebi -- live ("dancing") shrimp　－おどりえび
• oshinko -- Japanese pickles　ーおしんこ
• neta -- sushi topping　ーねた
• wasabi -- Japanese horseradish　－わさび
• gari -- vinegared ginger　ーがり
• shouyu -- soy sauce 　ーしょうゆ