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Onigiri

A rice ball.

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noun
  1. 1

    A rice ball.

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japanese rice ballnoun(cooking) Synonym of onigiri.
onigirazunounA form of sushi having the filling sandwiched between portions of rice instead of formed into a circle.
rice ballnounA Chinese, Japanese and Korean snack food made from white rice formed into a triangular or oval shape, usually with a filling.
nigirinounRegular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice.
takoyakinounA ball-shaped Japanese dumpling made of batter and filled with diced octopus, tempura scraps, pickled ginger, and green onion.
nigirizushinounnigiri sushi
musubinounA 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.
handrollnounA piece of sushi in the form of a cone of seaweed filled with rice, fish, vegetables etc.
botamochinounA Japanese sweet made by soaking sweet rice and forming it into balls with azuki bean paste packed around them.
odangonounA bun hairstyle (forming topknots resembling the shape of dangos)
netanoun(chiefly Hinglish) A politician.
mochinounA Bantu language of Tanzania.
omu-ricenounAlternative form of omurice. [A Japanese dish consisting of an egg omelette with rice mixed with ketchup in the center.]
gunkanmakinounA form of nigiri sushi consisting of an oval clump of rice wrapped in nori, forming a vessel that is filled with another ingredient.
omochinounmochi
inarinoun(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The god of harvests, fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry, and worldly success.
omu ricenounAlternative form of omurice. [A Japanese dish consisting of an egg omelette with rice mixed with ketchup in the center.]
inarizushinounA form of sushi consisting of a pouch of fried tofu filled with rice.
donburinounA Japanese rice bowl dish consisting of fish, meat, vegetables or other ingredients served together over rice.
italian rice ballnoun(cooking) Synonym of arancino.

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