musubi

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musubi

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

noun musubi · musubis

countable, uncountable 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. Unlike sushi, musubi is neither vinegared nor sweetened.
Similar: onigiri

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@misc{musubi_2026,
  title = {musubi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/musubi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}