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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A ball of rice covered with nori (in Japanese cuisine, including in Hawaii), to which meat or salted or fermented vegetables are often added, differing from sushi in that the rice is not vinegared. countable, uncountable

   "Unlike sushi, musubi is neither vinegared nor sweetened."

Synonyms

All synonyms

onigiri

Example

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"Unlike sushi, musubi is neither vinegared nor sweetened."

Etymology

From Japanese 結び (musubi, “rice ball”).

Related phrases

spam musubicherry blossommusubi no kami

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