にぎり
Nigiri
Also read: ニギリ
握り (Nigiri) is a Japanese noun meaning “grasping, gripping, grasp, grip”.
Meanings
- noungrasping; gripping; grasp; grip; clutch
- nounhandful; fistful
- nounhandle; grip; knob
- nounonigiri; rice ball
- nounnigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.
- nounnigiri; determining who plays black by taking a handful of white stones and using one or two black stones to guess whether it is odd or evenusu. ニギリ
Examples
ドアを開けようとしたら、ドアの握りがとれた。
I tried to open the door, and the doorknob came off.
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