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canned tuna
Tuna preserved in a can, a staple pantry item in Japanese households. Used in a wide variety of dishes from salads and rice balls to pasta and sandwiches.
ツナ缶でサラダを作った。
I made a salad with canned tuna.
ツナ缶はおにぎりの具として人気がある。
Canned tuna is popular as a rice ball filling.
非常食として家にツナ缶を何個か常備している。
I always keep several cans of tuna at home as emergency food.
One of the most common canned foods in Japan. The word combines the loanword ツナ (tuna, from English) with 缶 (can). Japan is one of the world's largest consumers of canned tuna, and it appears in an enormous range of everyday dishes.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- ツナ缶を開ける: to open a can of tuna
- ツナ缶の油を切る: to drain the oil from canned tuna
- ノンオイルのツナ缶: oil-free canned tuna
- ツナマヨ: tuna mayo (abbreviation of ツナマヨネーズ)
USAGE:
In Japan, the brand name シーチキン (Sea Chicken) by Hagoromo Foods is so widely known that many people use it interchangeably with ツナ缶, similar to how "Band-Aid" is used for adhesive bandages in English.
RELATED WORDS:
- 缶詰: canned food (general term)
- 鮭缶: canned salmon