English Explanatory Dictionary

makimono

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of Japanese hand scroll which unrolls horizontally, or laterally on a flat surface.
  2. Rolled sushi; makizushi.

Word forms

makimono makimonos

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 巻物 (makimono, literally “rolled thing”).

Related words

a scroll which unrolls vertically intended to be hung up against a wall as part of the interior decoration of a room
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