Etymology

tataki

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Today it means: Thinly sliced raw, or lightly cooked bonito, tuna or beef. Full definition →

Japanese たたき
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  1. Japanese · borrowed fromたたき
  2. English todaytataki

Borrowed from Japanese たたき (literally “pounding”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.