Sushi a la carte
aburage
--- fried tofu pouches prepared by cooking in sweet cooking sake, shoyu and water
akagai
--- ark shell, red in color
ama-ebi
--- raw sweet shrimp
anago
--- salt water eel or conger eel, pre-cooked (boiled) and then grilled before serving
ebi
--- boiled shrimp
hamo
--- sea eel
hatahata
--- sandfish
hotategai
--- scallop
ika
--- squid, only the body is used and it is eaten raw
ikura
--- salmon roe
kani
--- crab
kazunoko
--- herring roe
kaki
--- oysters
kuruma-ebi
--- prawn
maguro
--- tuna
masu
--- trout
nori-tama
--- sweetened egg wrapped in dried seaweed
saba
--- mackerel
sake
--- salmon, usually cured in salt and sugar before serving
sashimi
--- raw fish fillets sans the sushi rice
shiromi
--- seasonal "white meat" fish
tako
--- octopus, the cooked tentacles are usually used for sushi
tamago
--- sweet egg custard
torigai
--- cockle
unagi
--- eel (freshwater) - grilled, and brushed with a teriyaki-like sauce
uni
--- sea urchin, the sexual organs (gonads) of the sea urchin
Maki-sushi (sushi rolls)
futo-maki
--- a fat roll filled with rice, sweetened cooked egg, pickled gourd, and
bits of vegetables
kappa-maki
--- cucumber-filled maki-sushi
maguro-temaki
--- tuna temaki
maki-mono
--- vinegared rice and fish (or other ingredients) rolled in nori seaweed
nori-maki
--- same as kanpyo-maki; in Osaka, same as futo-maki
tekka-maki
--- tuna-filled maki-sushi
tekkappa-maki
--- selection of both tuna and cucumber rolls
temaki
--- hand-rolled cones made from dried seaweed
Other sushi terms
California Roll
--- Imitation crab meat, avocado, carrot, cucumber,
chakin-sushi
--- vinegared rice wrapped in a thin egg crepe
chirashi(-sushi)
--- "scattered sushi", box of sushi rice topped with a variety of sashimi.
gari
--- vinegared ginger
inari-sushi
--- vinegared rice and vegetables wrapped in a bag of fried tofu
neta
--- sushi topping
nigiri(-sushi)
--- pieces of raw fish over vinegared rice balls
oshi-sushi
--- Osaka-style sushi: squares of pressed rice topped with vinegared/cooked
fish
oshinko
--- Japanese pickles
sake
--- rice wine. Served both hot and cold
sashimi
--- raw fish (without rice)
shoyu
--- soy sauce
tekka-don
--- pieces of raw tuna over rice
wasabi
--- Japanese horseradish