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nigiri-zushi

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ni⋅gi⋅ri-zu⋅shi

  [ni-geer-ee-zoo-shee]
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–noun
See under sushi.
Origin:
< Japn

su⋅shi

  [soo-shee]
–noun Japanese Cookery.
cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, usually shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood (nigiri-zushi) or formed into a long seaweed-wrapped roll, often around strips of vegetable or raw fish, and sliced into bite-size pieces (maki-zushi).
Compare sashimi.

Origin:
1895–1900; < literary Japn: lit., it is sour
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