刺さし身みのつま

expression

sashimi garnish

Refers to the shredded daikon, shiso leaves, or other decorative garnishes served alongside sashimi. Literal culinary term.

• 刺さし身みのつまの大だい根こんも全ぜん部ぶ食たべます。

  I eat all the daikon garnish that comes with the sashimi too.

expression

something insignificant; something easily dispensable

Figurative use derived from the garnish being secondary to the main dish. Often used in the phrase 刺身のつまのように扱う (to treat as trivial).

• 彼かれは会かい議ぎで刺さし身みのつま扱あつかいされた。

  He was treated as if he didn't matter at the meeting.

• そんな意い見けんは刺さし身みのつまだ。

  That opinion is of no consequence.