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nigiri

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

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).

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نِيغِيرِي (nīḡīrī) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Arabic: نِيجِيرِي (nījīrī) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Bengali: নিগিরি (nigiri) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Chinese Mandarin: 握壽司 /握寿司 (wòshòusī) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Hebrew: נִיגִירִי (nigíri) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Hebrew: נִיגִירִיזוּשִׁי (nigirizúshi) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Japanese: 握り (nigiri) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Japanese: 握り寿司 (nigirizushi) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Kannada: ನಿಗಿರೀ (nigirī) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Kannada: ನೀಗಿರೀ (nīgirī) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Korean: 니기리즈시 (nigirijeusi) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Marathi: निगिरी (nigirī) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Marathi: नीगिरी (nīgirī) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Russian: ниги́ри (nigíri) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Russian: нигиризу́си (nigirizúsi) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Tagalog: nigiri — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Telugu: నిగిరీ (nigirī) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Telugu: నీగిరీ (nīgirī) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Urdu: نگری (nigirī) — a regular sushi — see also sushi
  • Urdu: نیگری (nīgirī) — a regular sushi — see also sushi