おにぎり (onigiri)

rice ball

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Meaning

おにぎり (onigiri) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “rice ball”.

Example sentences 11

昼食ちゅうしょくにおにぎりを べました。

I ate rice balls for lunch.

ここにもの力士等、その御子を取りて、すなはちその御祖を握りき。

」 After receiving the baby, the strong soldiers also grabbed the mother.'

他におむすび(御結び)や握り飯、単に「むすび」、「握り」と呼ばれることもある。

It is also called omusubi or nigiri-meshi, or simply 'musubi' or 'nigiri' occasionally.「

天保8年(1837年)4月、次男・徳川家慶に将軍職を譲っても幕政の実権は握り続けた(大御所政治)。

In May of 1837, Ienari handed the shogunate over to his second son Ieyoshi, though he continued to hold power over the bakufu (This was known as "Ogosho Seiji," or a time when the bakufu was ruled by the retired shogun).