Wasabi is the green paste served with sushi and sashimi. It is hot, but hot in a completely different way from chilli: chilli burns your tongue and the heat stays, while wasabi shoots straight up into your nose and then disappears in a few seconds. People sometimes say it "hits your nose" or "goes up your nose", and that is the standard way to describe it in English.

Wasabi wasabi is是 the green paste served with sushi and sashimi配壽司和生魚片吃的那種綠色醬. It is hot它很辣, but hot in a completely different way from chilli但辣的方式跟辣椒完全不一樣: chilli burns your tongue and the heat stays辣椒會讓你舌頭發燙，而且那股辣會持續, while wasabi shoots straight up into your nose而 wasabi 是直衝你的鼻子 and then disappears in a few seconds然後幾秒鐘就消失. People sometimes say it "hits your nose" or "goes up your nose"大家有時候會說它「hits your nose」或「goes up your nose」, and that is the standard way to describe it in English這是英文裡形容它的標準說法.

The word is uncountable, like salt or sugar — "a bit of wasabi", "too much wasabi", never "a wasabi" or "two wasabis". It also works in front of another noun: wasabi peas, wasabi mayonnaise, wasabi-flavoured crisps.

The word is uncountable這個字是不可數名詞, like salt or sugar跟鹽或糖一樣 — "a bit of wasabi", "too much wasabi"「a bit of wasabi」、「too much wasabi」, never "a wasabi" or "two wasabis"絕不會說「a wasabi」或「two wasabis」. It also works in front of another noun它也可以放在另一個名詞前面: wasabi peas, wasabi mayonnaise, wasabi-flavoured crispswasabi peas、wasabi mayonnaise、wasabi-flavoured crisps.

Here is the "though actually" part. Real wasabi comes from the root of a plant that is hard to grow and very expensive. Most of what is served in restaurants outside Japan — and honestly in plenty of places inside Japan too — is horseradish coloured green, with mustard added. It tastes similar enough that few people notice.

Here is接下來是 the "though actually" part「不過事實上」的部分. Real wasabi真正的 wasabi comes from the root of a plant來自一種植物的根 that is hard to grow and very expensive那種植物很難種、也很貴. Most of what is served in restaurants outside Japan日本以外的餐廳端出來的大部分 — and honestly in plenty of places inside Japan too老實說連日本國內很多地方也是 — is horseradish coloured green, with mustard added其實是染成綠色再加芥末的辣根. It tastes similar enough味道相似到 that few people notice很少人會發現.

So if an English speaker says "that's not real wasabi", this is what they mean; they are not complaining about the taste, just about what it is made from. The word came into English from Japanese in the twentieth century, along with sushi itself, and by now nobody thinks of it as a foreign word.

So if an English speaker says "that's not real wasabi"所以如果英語使用者說「that's not real wasabi」, this is what they mean他們的意思就是這個; they are not complaining about the taste他們不是在抱怨味道, just about what it is made from而是在講它的成分. The word came into English from Japanese in the twentieth century這個字在二十世紀從日文進入英文, along with sushi itself跟著壽司一起, and by now到現在 nobody thinks of it as a foreign word已經沒有人覺得它是外來字了.