English Explanatory Dictionary

nigiri

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Regular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice.

Word forms

nigiri

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 握り (nigiri, “grasping, gripping”, short for 握り寿司 nigirizushi, literally “gripped sushi” from the way the sushi rice is molded in the hand).

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