ネギトロ

ネ

ギ

ト

ロ

Meanings

minced tuna with green onion (sushi topping)

usually written using kana alone

A sushi ingredient made by finely chopping or scraping tuna and mixing it with chopped green onion (Welsh onion). Often served as gunkan-maki or on rice bowls.

回かい転てん寿ず司しでネギトロ軍ぐん艦かんをよく頼たのむ。
I often order negitoro gunkan-maki at conveyor-belt sushi restaurants.
新しん鮮せんなマグロで作つくったネギトロは最さい高こうだ。
Negitoro made with fresh tuna is the best.

Kanji

葱stone leek, Welsh onion

Related words

トロ
Refers to fatty tuna belly; ネギトロ is made from leaner parts or scraped meat mixed with green onion, not necessarily fatty tuna.
軍ぐん艦かん巻まき
A type of sushi with a seaweed wrap around the rice, commonly used for ネギトロ.

Written forms

ネギトロUsage65%
kana-only spelling
Standard katakana spelling; usually written in kana.
ねぎとろUsage21%
ねぎトロUsage15%
葱ねぎトロ
Mixed kanji-katakana spelling; lists it but the word is usually written in kana.
葱ねぎとろ
Mixed kanji-hiragana spelling; lists it but the word is usually written in kana.

Etymology

Compound of ネギ (green onion) and トロ, originally from トロ (fatty tuna) but here referring to the scraped or minced tuna preparation. The exact origin of the term is uncertain, but it is a well-established sushi term.