A variety of sweet prawn, used in sashimi and sushi. If it is cooked tempura, the whole thing is eaten, including the head and shell. Alternatively, it may be cured in a mixture of juices.

Sweet

Sweet. May also refer to a sweet, light liqueur sake brewed only in winter.

Sweetness

An early-ripening, orange-type citrus fruit.

Sweet and sour sauce.

Red pickled ginger. This popular garnish is made from ginger root which is cut into wafer-thin slices and pickled in salt and then again in a vinegar mixture. Traditionally red perilla is used to produce its characteristic deep red colour. It is served with sushi and such dishes as okonomiyaki (fried-batter "pancakes" mixed with a wide variety of vegetables, seafood or meats) and with rice dishes.

A sweet jelly made from boiled millet, used in fish dishes and confections.

A very small prawn used for a salt-cured preserve of fish called shiokara or dried and made into salty sweet preserves called tsukudani.