Sometimes it’s mispronounced further, like “Tera-yeah-key”. There is a pitch accent in Japanese, however if you aren’t familiar with the pitch of a word, your best bet is to speak it as flatly and steadily as you can without raising pitch.Įnglish speakers will typically call this “Tera-YAH-key”. This raising of pitch often finds it’s way into Japanese words for English speakers. As a side note, this is typically the first syllable in southern states, where they say “IN-sure-ance” or “UM-brel-luh”. As another example “insurance” is “in-SURE-ance”. For instance with the word “umbrella”, it’s “um-BREL-luh”.
I now have a greater appreciation for the many times that my Mom made chirashi sushi for us and for hundreds of parties. Store in refrigerator (covered) for up to 12 hours. Alternatively, you can slice carrots into small pieces of about 0.5-inch (1-cm) square or diameter. (2) Chop shiitake in thin strips and julienne the carrots. (1) Soak shiitake for five hours (if the mushrooms are thin) or overnight (if they are thick) in cold water. Gradually add marinade, you want the tuna to be glistening vs. Preparation of ingredients for sushi rice. With a super sharp knife, slice tuna into cubes. I must admit that making chirashi sushi was a bit labor-intensive because of the many ingredients used to top the chirashi. Combine soy sauce, ponzu, sesame oil, sesame seeds, scallions or onion to make marinade. If youre going to serve a particular kind of food I believe the staff should know the correct pronunciation of items or at least recognize when a customer says it correctly. I can only speak for American English, however a general rule for how words are pronounced is raising a middle syllable a pitch. From just 6.50, mix and match your favourite fish and toppings to create your perfect chirashi. Chirashi is served on a bed of rice, specifically ‘sushi rice’, which is a vinegar-flavored rice (rice vinegar and small amounts of salt and sugar). I decorated her chirashi sushi with vegetables, egg, and pieces of pan-seared salmon. Dad got the katsu bowl I got the chirashi, was surprised when they asked what sauce I wanted chirashi doest usually come with sauce and what came.
This list started off as words that you probably pronounce with an accent in English opposed to Japanese, however it’s really more a list of words that have been adopted into English from Japanese (and thus aren’t spoken with a Japanese “accent”, and are technically now English words). This is often preferable to using the Japanese word as it’s pronounced in Japanese if you’re speaking English, so you don’t sound pretentious like Ross on Friends talking about Ka-Ra-Te. There are likely some Japanese words you pronounce with an accent when speaking English, even if you speak Japanese.