Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nigirizushi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ni-g-i-rizushi
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 握り寿司

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does nigirizushi mean?: nigiri sushi
Where does nigirizushi come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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