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nigiri

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
ni-giri
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

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).

Usage

Questions

What does nigiri mean?
Regular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice.
Where does nigiri come from?
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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