nigiri

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

Arabic: نِيغِيرِي‎ (nīḡīrī), نِيجِيرِي‎ (nījīrī) Bengali: নিগিরি (nigiri) Chinese: Mandarin: 握壽司／握寿司 (wòshòusī) Hebrew: נִיגִירִי‎ (nigíri), נִיגִירִיזוּשִׁי‎ (nigirizúshi) Japanese: 握り (ja) (にぎり, nigiri), 握り寿司 (にぎりずし, nigirizushi) Kannada: ನಿಗಿರೀ (nigirī), ನೀಗಿರೀ (nīgirī) Korean: 니기리 (nigiri) Marathi: निगिरी f (nigirī), नीगिरी f (nīgirī) Russian: ниги́ри (ru) n (nigíri), нигиризу́си n (nigirizúsi) Tagalog: nigiri Telugu: నిగిరీ (nigirī), నీగిరీ (nīgirī) Urdu: نگری‎ (nigirī), نیگری‎ (nīgirī)

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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

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Japanese

Romanization

nigiri

1. Rōmaji transcription of にぎり

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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.