Home › Words › K › katsuobushikatsuobushikatsuobushi means dried, fermented, and smoked skipjack tuna.EtymologyBorrowed from Japanese 鰹節(かつおぶし) (katsuobushi).nounDried, fermented, and smoked skipjack tuna.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.katsuo 74% match — Synonym of skipjack tuna. vs katsuobushi →maguro 60% match — Tuna meat, eaten raw as sushi or sashimi. vs katsuobushi →kanzuri 56% match — A Japanese cooking paste made from red chili, rice malt, yuzu and salt vs katsuobushi →dashi 56% match — A type of soup or cooking stock, often made from kelp. vs katsuobushi →tako 55% match — The flesh of octopus as used in sushi. vs katsuobushi →tarako 55% match — A Japanese food made from salted cod or pollack roe (originally cod, but now mostly pollack). vs katsuobushi →shioyaki 53% match — Food, usually fish, broiled with salt in Japanese cuisine. vs katsuobushi →budu 53% match — An Asian fermented anchovy sauce. vs katsuobushi →