chicken sashimi; sliced raw chicken
A dish of thinly sliced raw chicken, often served with soy sauce, ginger, and wasabi. Primarily associated with Kagoshima and Kyushu cuisine.
See also: 刺身
Chicken sashimi is a local specialty in Kagoshima.
I eat fresh chicken sashimi with soy sauce and ginger.
catching birds with birdlime; bird catcher
Refers to the traditional method of catching birds using a pole coated with birdlime (torimochi). Also used for the person who does this. Rare in modern usage outside historical or literary contexts.
An old bird catcher appears in the folktale.
Bird catching is a traditional hunting method that uses a limed pole to catch small birds.
birdlime-covered pole
Standard spelling for both the chicken sashimi dish and the bird-catching sense.
Explicitly uses the kanji for chicken; common on menus for the sashimi dish.
Variant without okurigana; seen in some contexts.
Variant without okurigana, specifically for the chicken sashimi dish.
Compound of 鳥 (tori, 'bird/chicken') and 刺し (sashi, from 刺身 'sashimi' or 刺す 'to pierce/catch'). The chicken sashimi sense is a modern culinary extension; the bird-catching sense is older.