also: ねぎトロ
minced tuna with green onion (sushi topping)
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.
I often order negitoro gunkan-maki at conveyor-belt sushi restaurants.
Negitoro made with fresh tuna is the best.
Standard katakana spelling; usually written in kana.
Mixed kanji-katakana spelling; lists it but the word is usually written in kana.
Mixed kanji-hiragana spelling; lists it but the word is usually written in kana.
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.