"musubi" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: musubi [plural], musubis [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese 結び (musubi, “rice ball”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|結び|t=rice ball|tr=musubi}} Japanese 結び (musubi, “rice ball”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|musubi|s}} musubi (countable and uncountable, plural musubi or musubis)
  1. A 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: onigiri Derived forms: spam musubi
    Sense id: en-musubi-en-noun-PweExBk~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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