nigiri

English

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).

Noun

nigiri (uncountable)

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

Translations

a regular sushi

Chinese:
Mandarin: 握壽司, 握寿司 (wòshòusī)
Japanese: 握り (ja) (にぎり, nigiri), 握り寿司 (にぎりずし, nigirizushi)

Korean: please add this translation if you can
Russian: ниги́ри (ru) n (nigíri), нигиризу́си n (nigirizúsi)
Tagalog: nigiri

Japanese

Romanization

nigiri

Rōmaji transcription of にぎり

Spanish

Noun

nigiri m (plural nigiris)

nigiri

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