onigiri
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onigiri
- /ˌoʊ.nɪˈɡɪɹ.i/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese お握り (onigiri).
noun onigiris · onigiri
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A Japanese food made by putting ingredients into white rice, wrapping the outside with laver, and shaping it into a triangle.
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.
Similar: musubi, omusubi, Japanese rice ball
Translations
Talk about this word "onigiri." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/onigiri. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. onigiri. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/onigiri "onigiri." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/onigiri.Cite this
@misc{onigiri_2026,
title = {onigiri},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/onigiri},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
