Illustration: At a kitchen counter, a parent places a freshly shaped triangular onigiri into an open lunch box. Distinct rice grains cover its surface, and a strip of nori wraps around its lower edge. Beside it, a child proudly holds a much rounder version made with small hands.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

おにぎり

onigiri

rice ball, onigiri

Example sentences

  1. おにぎりを食たべたことはありますか？

    Have you ever eaten an onigiri?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. サンドイッチとおにぎりじゃ、どっちが重おもいかしら。

    Which are heavier, sandwiches or onigiris?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. かつては、竹たけの皮かわにおにぎりを包つつむのが一般的いっぱんてきであった。

    Bamboo sheath was generally used to wrap onigiri.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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