pink fish floss
A type of でんぶ (seasoned, shredded fish) colored pink, often used as a topping for sushi or bento. The pink color is associated with cherry blossoms (桜).
See also: でんぶ
Sprinkling pink fish floss on chirashi sushi makes it look colorful.
Sakura denbu is made by shredding white fish, seasoning it, and dyeing it pink.
でんぶ is the general term for seasoned, shredded fish floss, which can be various colors. 桜でんぶ specifically refers to the pink-colored variety.
Most common spelling; uses でんぶ in kana for the fish floss part.
Full kanji spelling; 田麩 is the kanji for でんぶ (fish floss).
Mixed kanji-kana variant; less common.
Uses the shinjitai 麸 for 麩; rare.
Compound of 桜 (sakura, 'cherry blossom') and でんぶ (denbu, 'fish floss'), referring to the pink color reminiscent of cherry blossoms.