シーフード

しーふーど

noun

seafood

1. seafood

Fish and shellfish considered as food, especially in Western-style dishes. Used mainly on menus and product names; for Japanese cuisine and fish shops the native words 魚介(ぎょかい) and 魚(さかな) are usual.

シーフードピザが好(す)きだ。

I like seafood pizza.

シーフードカレーにはエビとイカが入(はい)っている。

The seafood curry has shrimp and squid in it.

港町(みなとまち)のレストランで、地元(じもと)でとれたシーフードをたっぷり使(つか)った料理(りょうり)を食(た)べた。

At a restaurant in the port town, I ate a dish made with plenty of locally caught seafood.

Appears most often as the first half of a compound naming a Western or fusion dish.

Common collocations

シーフードピザ: seafood pizza
シーフードカレー: seafood curry
シーフードサラダ: seafood salad
シーフードミックス: a frozen mixed-seafood pack

Similar words

魚介(ぎょかい)類(るい): fish and shellfish — the native equivalent, used in Japanese cooking and on labels
海鮮(かいせん): fresh seafood — used for sushi, rice bowls, and other Japanese dishes
魚(さかな): fish — narrower, excludes shellfish and squid

Related Words

Compare: 魚介類(ぎょかいるい) (fish and shellfish)

Compare: 海鮮(かいせん) (fresh seafood)

Compare: 魚(さかな) (fish)

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