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nigiri

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English

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A plate of nigiri

Etymology

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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

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nigiri (uncountable)

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

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Japanese 握り (nigiri).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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nigiri

  1. nigiri

Declension

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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
abessive nigirittä nigireittä
instructive nigirein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of nigiri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nigirini nigirini
accusative nom. nigirini nigirini
gen. nigirini
genitive nigirini nigirieni
partitive nigiriäni nigirejäni
inessive nigirissäni nigireissäni
elative nigiristäni nigireistäni
illative nigiriini nigireihini
adessive nigirilläni nigireilläni
ablative nigiriltäni nigireiltäni
allative nigirilleni nigireilleni
essive nigirinäni nigireinäni
translative nigirikseni nigireikseni
abessive nigirittäni nigireittäni
instructive
comitative nigireineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative nigirisi nigirisi
accusative nom. nigirisi nigirisi
gen. nigirisi
genitive nigirisi nigiriesi
partitive nigiriäsi nigirejäsi
inessive nigirissäsi nigireissäsi
elative nigiristäsi nigireistäsi
illative nigiriisi nigireihisi
adessive nigirilläsi nigireilläsi
ablative nigiriltäsi nigireiltäsi
allative nigirillesi nigireillesi
essive nigirinäsi nigireinäsi
translative nigiriksesi nigireiksesi
abessive nigirittäsi nigireittäsi
instructive
comitative nigireinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nigirimme nigirimme
accusative nom. nigirimme nigirimme
gen. nigirimme
genitive nigirimme nigiriemme
partitive nigiriämme nigirejämme
inessive nigirissämme nigireissämme
elative nigiristämme nigireistämme
illative nigiriimme nigireihimme
adessive nigirillämme nigireillämme
ablative nigiriltämme nigireiltämme
allative nigirillemme nigireillemme
essive nigirinämme nigireinämme
translative nigiriksemme nigireiksemme
abessive nigirittämme nigireittämme
instructive
comitative nigireinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative nigirinne nigirinne
accusative nom. nigirinne nigirinne
gen. nigirinne
genitive nigirinne nigirienne
partitive nigiriänne nigirejänne
inessive nigirissänne nigireissänne
elative nigiristänne nigireistänne
illative nigiriinne nigireihinne
adessive nigirillänne nigireillänne
ablative nigiriltänne nigireiltänne
allative nigirillenne nigireillenne
essive nigirinänne nigireinänne
translative nigiriksenne nigireiksenne
abessive nigirittänne nigireittänne
instructive
comitative nigireinenne

Further reading

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Japanese

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Romanization

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nigiri

  1. Rōmaji transcription of にぎり

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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nigiri m (plural nigiris)

  1. (cooking) nigiri (Japanese dish consisting of a sweet, vinegary, boiled rice ball topped with a piece of raw fish or seafood)

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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nigiri m (plural nigiris)

  1. nigiri
    • 2015 July 24, “Abierto en vacaciones”, in El País[2]:
      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.

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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nigiri c

  1. nigiri
    Nigiri är (oftast) rå fisk på en avlång bulle av ris
    Nigiri is (most often) raw fish on an oblong bun of rice

Declension

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Declension of nigiri
nominative genitive
singular indefinite nigiri nigiris
definite nigirin nigirins
plural indefinite
definite

See also

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