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
Japanese
Romanization
nigiri
Spanish
Noun
nigiri m (plural nigiris)