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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”.

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昼食ちゅうしょくにおにぎりを食たべました。

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 April 1837, he handed the shogunate over to his second son, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, but continued to hold real power over the bakufu government (rule by the retired shogun).

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