also: こんぶまき
kombu roll; fish rolled in kombu
A traditional Japanese dish: sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and simmered. Often served as osechi or a side dish.
I put kombu rolls in the New Year's dishes.
Kombu rolls are delicious when simmered in a sweet and savory sauce.
巻き寿司 is rolled sushi with rice; 昆布巻き is a simmered dish without rice.
Standard spelling with okurigana.
Alternate reading こんぶまき, also used.
Variant without okurigana, also seen.
Compound of 昆布 (kombu, 'kelp') and 巻き (maki, 'roll'), from the verb 巻く (maku, 'to roll').