[Japanese Idioms by Flashcards]
すし詰め
“packed like sushi”
(very crowed, jam-packed)
This expression is similar in meaning to “packed like sardines”. Sushi, the combination of raw fish with vinegared rice, is popular in Japan and increasingly so in the United States and Europe. Take-out sushi is often bought in little boxes called sushi-ori, in which the sushi pieces are packed tightly.
Sample text:
(Style: spoken/casual/male)
A: Atarshii shigoto, tanoshii kedo, tsuukin ga taihen de ne. Maiasa sushizume no densha de ichijikan na n da yo.
B: Taihen da ne.
A: 新しい仕事、楽しいけど、通勤が大変でね。毎朝すし詰めの電車で一時間なんだよ。
B: 大変だね。
A: My new job is a lot of fun, but commuting is terrible. Every morning I spend an hour in a jam-packed train!
B: That’s awful!
Japanese Idioms
