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omakase

omakase adjective: chef's choice.

Adjective

omakase (not comparable)

  1. (Japanese) Chef's choice.
    • So Americans are stuck between chef-driven omakase meals at elite restaurants that cost a fortune and the cheap, predictable fare at our neighborhood places.2007 July 15, Trevor Corson, “Sushi for Two”, in New York Times
    • He prefers a greasy cheeseburger to a hundred-dollar omakase sushi dinner.2007, Jeremy Blachman, Anonymous Lawyer: A Novel, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN

Origin of omakase

Borrowed from Japanese お任(まか)せ (omakase, “it's up to you”).

Questions about omakase

What does omakase mean?
Omakase means chef's choice.
What part of speech is omakase?
Omakase is an adjective.

Words near omakase in the dictionary

  1. Omaha-Ponca
  2. Omahan
  3. Omahans
  4. Omahas
  5. Omak
  6. omakase
  7. omake
  8. omalgia
  9. omalizumab
  10. omalodontiform
  11. omalogyrid

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