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握り飯 (nigirimeshi) Japanese meaning: rice ball | Kotomora
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昼ちゅう 食しょく に 握にぎ り 飯めし を 二ふた つ 持も っ て 行い っ た 。
I took two rice balls for lunch.
My grandmother's rice balls always had a pickled plum inside.
Usage patterns 握にぎ り 飯めし を 握にぎ る to form/make a rice ball
Every morning my mother would make me a big rice ball.
握にぎ り 飯めし を 頬ほお 張ば る to take a big bite of a rice ball
He was taking big bites of a rice ball as he walked.
〈 物もの 〉 入い りの 握にぎ り 飯めし a rice ball filled with ~
I like rice balls filled with pickled plum.
Related words おにぎり is the common, everyday word for a rice ball, while 握り飯 sounds a bit more old-fashioned or rustic.
おむすび is a softer, often more feminine or regional term for a rice ball, whereas 握り飯 has a plainer, more masculine feel.
Written forms 握にぎ り 飯めし Usage 67%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and general use.
にぎりめし Usage 19%
にぎり 飯めし Usage 8%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, also encountered.
握にぎり 飯めし Usage 7%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not commonly used in modern writing.
Etymology Compound of 握り (nigiri, 'gripping, forming by hand') + 飯 (meshi, 'cooked rice'). The exact historical derivation is straightforward.
