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onigiri

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A Japanese food made by putting ingredients into white rice, wrapping the outside with laver, and shaping it into a triangle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese お握り (onigiri).

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ኦኒጊሪ (ʾonigiri) — Japanese rice ball
  • Arabic: أُونِيجِيرِي (ʔūnījīrī) — Japanese rice ball
  • Armenian: ոնիգիրի (onigiri) — Japanese rice ball
  • Bengali: ওনিগিরি (ōnigiri) — Japanese rice ball
  • Chinese Mandarin: 飯糰 /饭团 (fàntuán) — Japanese rice ball
  • Finnish: onigiri — Japanese rice ball
  • German: Onigiri — Japanese rice ball
  • Greek: ονιγκίρι (onigkíri) — Japanese rice ball
  • Gujarati: ઓનિગિરી (onigirī) — Japanese rice ball
  • Hindi: ओनिगिरी (onigirī) — Japanese rice ball
  • Italian: onigiri — Japanese rice ball
  • Japanese: お握り (onigiri) — Japanese rice ball
  • Kannada: ಒನಿಗಿರೀ (onigirī) — Japanese rice ball
  • Korean: 오니기리 (onigiri) — Japanese rice ball
  • Korean: 삼각김밥 (samgakgimbap) — Japanese rice ball
  • Lao: ໂອນິງິຣິ (ʼō ni ngi ri) — Japanese rice ball
  • Lü: ᦷᦀᦓᦲᦇᦲᦣᦲ (̇ʼoniingiihii) — Japanese rice ball
  • Malay: nasi kepal — Japanese rice ball
  • Malay: onigiri — Japanese rice ball
  • Polish: onigiri — Japanese rice ball
  • Portuguese: oniguiri — Japanese rice ball
  • Punjabi: ਓਨਿਗਿਰੀ (onigirī) — Japanese rice ball
  • Russian: ониги́ри (onigíri) — Japanese rice ball
  • Sinhalese: ඔනිගිරි (onigiri) — Japanese rice ball
  • Tagalog: onigiri — Japanese rice ball
  • Tamil: ஒநிகிரி (onikiri) — Japanese rice ball
  • Telugu: ఒనిగిరీ (onigirī) — Japanese rice ball
  • Thai: โอนิงิริ (oo-ní-ngí-rí) — Japanese rice ball
  • Turkish: onigiri — Japanese rice ball
  • Ukrainian: оніґірі (onigiri) — Japanese rice ball