Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

musubi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: musubi
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ball of rice covered with nori (in Japanese cuisine, including in Hawaii), to which meat or salted or fermented vegetables are often added, differing from sushi in that the rice is not vinegared.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Unlike sushi, musubi is neither vinegared nor sweetened."
"Even the fact that it can be carved is endearing because it makes Spam easy to shape for sushi and musubi."

Etymology

From Japanese 結び (musubi, “rice ball”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 結び

Usage

Inflected Forms

musubis (plural)

Phrases

spam musubi

Synonyms

onigiri

Questions

What does musubi mean?: A ball of rice covered with nori (in Japanese cuisine, including in Hawaii), to which meat or salted or fermented vegetables are often added, differing from sushi in that the rice is not vinegared.
Where does musubi come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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