Osumoji

Japanese: おすもじ
Osumoji

...The latter is represented by nigiri sushi, a rice dish unique to Japan. Sushi is written as 鮓, 鮨, 寿司, 寿志, 寿司し, etc., but all except 鮓 and 寿司 are phonetic characters that came into use after the mid-Edo period, and "sumoji" and "osumoji" are women's words that have been used since the Muromachi period. Both 鮓 and 鮨 are old kanji, and the representative sounds are 鮓 (sa) and 鮨 (shi).

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Osumoji" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…後者は握りずしに代表されるもので,日本独特の米飯料理である。すしは,鮓,鮨,寿司,寿志,寿しなどと書かれるが,鮓と鮨のほかはすべて江戸中期以後に使われるようになった当て字であり,また,〈すもじ〉〈おすもじ〉というのは室町時代から使われた女房ことばである。鮓と鮨はともに古い漢字で,代表音は鮓がサ,鮨がシである。…

※「おすもじ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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