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onigiri en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌoʊ.nɪˈɡɪɹ.i/ (US)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese お握り (onigiri).

Meanings

1. A Japanese food made by putting ingredients into white rice, wrapping the outside with laver, and shaping it into a triangle.
   • He cooks his breakfast of rice and misoshiru and packs onigiri rice balls for his lunch. 2009, Kiyo Sato, Kiyo's Story:
   • The sprawling multipage menu offers cleanly executed dishes meant to accompany the sake, including standards like boiled edamame, and the filling rice balls called onigiri that you would expect at any izakaya, or Japanese pub. 2007 January 28, “Island Within an Island”, in New York Times:

Forms

Synonyms

musubi · omusubi · Japanese rice ball

Translations (31)

bn ওনিগিরি (Japanese rice ball) · ko 삼각김밥 (Japanese rice ball) · th ข้าวปั้น (Japanese rice ball) · te ఒనిగిరీ (Japanese rice ball) · gu ઓનિગિરી (Japanese rice ball) · tr onigiri (Japanese rice ball) · pt oniguiri (Japanese rice ball) · am ኦኒጊሪ (Japanese rice ball) · hy ոնիգիրի (Japanese rice ball) · pl onigiri (Japanese rice ball) · pa ਓਨਿਗਿਰੀ (Japanese rice ball) · kn ಒನಿಗಿರೀ (Japanese rice ball) · ta ஒநிகிரி (Japanese rice ball) · ja お握り (Japanese rice ball) · ms onigiri (Japanese rice ball) · fi onigiri (Japanese rice ball) · tl onigiri (Japanese rice ball) · it onigiri (Japanese rice ball) · cmn 飯糰 /饭团 (Japanese rice ball) · hi ओनिगिरी (Japanese rice ball) · uk оніґірі (Japanese rice ball) · ar أُونِيجِيرِي (Japanese rice ball) · el ονιγκίρι (Japanese rice ball) · ru ониги́ри (Japanese rice ball) · lo ໂອນິງິຣິ (Japanese rice ball) · ko 오니기리 (Japanese rice ball) · ms nasi kepal (Japanese rice ball) · th โอนิงิริ (Japanese rice ball) · si ඔනිගිරි (Japanese rice ball) · de Onigiri (Japanese rice ball) · khb ᦷᦀᦓᦲᦇᦲᦣᦲ (Japanese rice ball)