押し寿司

Japanese

Kanji in this term
押	寿	司
お Grade: S	す > ず Grade: S (ateji)	し Grade: 4 (ateji)
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Alternative spellings
押し壽司 (kyūjitai) 押し鮨押鮨圧鮨

Etymology

押(お)し (oshi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “conjunctive form”) of 押(お)す (osu, “to press”)) + 寿(す)司(し) (sushi, “sushi”). The sushi changes to zushi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おしずし [òshízúshí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) おしずし [òshíꜜzùshì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]^[3]
(Tokyo) おしずし [òshízúꜜshì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[3]
IPA^(key): [o̞ɕizɨɕi]

Noun

押(お)し寿(ず)司(し) • (oshizushi)

oshizushi (sushi pressed into a block and then sliced)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN