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Japanese pizza

Japanese pizza

4.4
A pizza that has toppings and flavors from Japan like fish, seaweed, or mayonnaise
  • noun
translation icon : pizza japonesa
  • The restaurant is famous for its Japanese pizza, which features unusual combinations like wasabi and sweet corn.

Examples

  • I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the spicy tuna Japanese pizza at the new fusion place.

  • For dinner, we tried a Japanese pizza with eel and seaweed as toppings.

  • I tried Japanese pizza for the first time last night.

  • Have you ever tasted Japanese pizza?

  • For dinner, we tried a Japanese pizza with eel and seaweed as toppings.

  • I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the spicy tuna Japanese pizza at the new fusion place.

  • The restaurant is famous for its Japanese pizza, which features unusual combinations like wasabi and sweet corn.

Synonyms

pizza
vsJapanese pizza
∞ 1.0

A round flat bread with tomato sauce and cheese, often with meat or vegetable toppings

uses toppings and sauces from Japan such as seafood mayonnaise and teriyaki
pizza pie
vsJapanese pizza
  • US
4 1.0

A round flat dough that has tomato sauce and cheese on top

focuses on Japan style toppings like seafood mayonnaise and teriyaki

Surface Forms

Japanese pizza singular
Japanese pizzas plural

Morphology

Japanese + pizza

The phrase is transparently compositional: 'Japanese' modifies 'pizza' to indicate a pizza prepared or flavored in a Japanese style (using Japanese ingredients or cooking conventions). This nationality + food pattern is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the intended meaning.

Etymology

The noun Japanese pizza comes from cooks mixing pizza with Japanese tastes like seaweed, mayonnaise, eel, or teriyaki. The picture of a pizza covered in these Japanese flavors makes the name clear, so today Japanese pizza means 'a pizza made with Japanese-style toppings'.