ソーセージ

そーせーじ
noun
sausage
food
1. sausage
A processed meat product made from ground meat stuffed into a casing. In Japan, ソーセージ typically refers to small, smooth-textured sausages similar to frankfurters or wieners.
ソーセージを焼(や)く。
To grill sausages.
朝(あさ)ごはんにソーセージと卵(たまご)を食(た)べた。
I had sausages and eggs for breakfast.
I cut slits in the sausages for the lunch box to make them look like octopuses.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • ウインナー: Vienna-style sausage; in everyday speech the two are often interchangeable, and most small sausages in supermarkets are labeled ウインナー

Cultural note

タコさんウインナー (octopus-shaped sausages) are a classic 弁当(べんとう) decoration, made by cutting slits in the end of a small sausage before cooking.