grain thief; rice sampler
Abbreviation of 米刺し. Refers to a sharpened tube used to extract samples from rice bags, historically also associated with grain theft.
See also: 米刺し
In old rice wholesalers, they used a grain sampler to check the rice inside the bags.
Abbreviation of 刺身. Casual or industry shorthand for sashimi, common in restaurant settings.
See also: 刺身
The chef repeated the order, 'One sashimi!'
刺し is a shortened form of 米刺し, the full term for the sharpened tube used to sample or steal rice from sacks.
刺し emphasizes piercing with something pointed (like a blade), while 突き is the broader term for any forward thrusting motion, including with the hand or body.
刺し (stabbing/sashimi) and 差し (as in 差しで, meaning one-on-one) are pronounced identically but written with different kanji and mean completely different things.
本 counts 刺し (skewers/needles) as long, thin, stick-like objects.
skewering; skewered food · piercing; impaling; running through
horse sashimi; basashi
pincushion
chicken sashimi; sliced raw chicken · catching birds with birdlime; bird catcher
sashiko quilting; quilted garment
stab to death
stab wound; puncture wound; sting; prick
skewering food with a chopstick to pick it up (a breach of etiquette)
gill net
Derived from the verb 刺す (to pierce). The noun form 刺し appears in various compounds and abbreviations, including 刺身 (sashimi) and 米刺し (rice sampler).
dried sardines on a skewer
grain sampler; rice thief
fork (archaic)
crab sashimi
fugu sashimi; thinly sliced pufferfish
liver sashimi
gill-net fishing; tangle-net fishing