nigiri

English
A plate of nigiri

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).

Noun

nigiri (uncountable)

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

Translations
a regular sushi — See also translations at sushi

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese 握り (nigiri).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈniɡiri/, [ˈniɡiri]
  • Rhymes: -iɡiri
  • Syllabification(key): ni‧gi‧ri

Noun

nigiri

  1. nigiri

Declension
Inflection of nigiri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative nigiri nigirit
genitive nigirin nigirien
partitive nigiriä nigirejä
illative nigiriin nigireihin
singular plural
nominative nigiri nigirit
accusative nom. nigiri nigirit
gen. nigirin
genitive nigirin nigirien
partitive nigiriä nigirejä
inessive nigirissä nigireissä
elative nigiristä nigireistä
illative nigiriin nigireihin
adessive nigirillä nigireillä
ablative nigiriltä nigireiltä
allative nigirille nigireille
essive nigirinä nigireinä
translative nigiriksi nigireiksi
instructive — nigirein
abessive nigirittä nigireittä
comitative — nigireineen
Possessive forms of nigiri (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person nigirini nigirimme
2nd person nigirisi nigirinne
3rd person nigirinsä

Japanese

Romanization

nigiri

  1. Rōmaji transcription of にぎり

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /niˈɡiɾi/ [niˈɣ̞i.ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -iɾi

Noun

nigiri m (plural nigiris)

  1. nigiri
    • 2015 July 24, “Abierto en vacaciones”, in El País‎:
      Aunque lo mejor es dejarse llevar por sus recomendaciones, probar sus nigiris y sus callos thai es casi obligatorio.
      Although it is best to go with their recommendations, trying their nigiris and Thai tripe is almost mandatory.
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