Yeah, you can think of it as condensing information. For example: in French terms, you’d have to explicitly say “julienne the scallions across and dump them in

Yeah, you can think of it as condensing information. For example: in French terms, you’d have to explicitly say “julienne the scallions across and dump them in an ice bath”. For sushi, that’s an explicit technique. The cut, length, trim, and preparation can be conveyed in one word. So lots of terms but no ambiguity. Edit: “western” techniques do this too. Braising vs blenching X provides a lot of context that isn’t explicitly stated.