ピザ

Italian pizza is the source form for Japanese ピザ, and Shogakukan Digital Daijisen marks it as Italian pizza. The word names a flat bread-based dish associated with southern Italy, and Seisenban also lists the variant ピッツァ. In Japan, an important postwar date is 1954, when Nicola's Pizza House in Roppongi served American-style pizza, according to the restaurant's own history. The borrowing becomes a daily word through postwar restaurants, family dining, frozen foods, and delivery. Domino's Pizza Japan opened a delivery store in Ebisu on September 30, 1985, and Pizza-La opened its first shop in Mejiro in 1987. Pizza-La records national expansion starting in 1989. Domino's Japan also records ツナ・スペシャル in 1986 and マヨじゃが in 1994. ピザ then appears with related katakana such as チーズ, トッピング, ペパロニ, マルゲリータ, and デリバリー. Modern Japanese ピザ can refer to Italian-style pizza, American-style pizza, convenience-store pizza, and Japanese delivery menus with corn, mayo, seafood, or teriyaki chicken. Italian pizza does not require these toppings, and English pizza has many regional styles. Japanese also has ピッツァ for a more Italian-style pronunciation. Example: 宅配ピザ means delivered pizza, not a specific Naples style.