Nigiri

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Regular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice. uncountable

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).

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