onigiri

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese お握り (onigiri).

Noun

onigiri (plural onigiris or onigiri)

  1. A rice ball.
    • 2007 January 28, “Island Within an Island”, in New York Times‎:
      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.

Synonyms

  • omusubi

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese お握り (onigiri).

Noun

onigiri m (invariable)

  1. onigiri

Japanese

Romanization

onigiri

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おにぎり
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