握り飯
Meanings
1
A hand-formed ball or triangle of cooked rice, often with a filling or wrapped in nori. Synonymous with おにぎり, but 握り飯 can sound slightly more traditional or masculine.
See also: おにぎり
I took two rice balls for lunch.
My grandmother's rice balls always had a pickled plum inside.
Usage patterns
- 握り飯を握るto form/make a rice ball
Every morning my mother would make me a big rice ball.
- 握り飯を頬張るto take a big bite of a rice ball
He was taking big bites of a rice ball as he walked.
- 〈物〉入りの握り飯a rice ball filled with ~
I like rice balls filled with pickled plum.