half-finished; unripe; incomplete
Describes something not fully developed, cooked, or matured. Can be used literally for fruit or figuratively for plans, skills, or work.
This plan is still half-baked.
unfermented narezushi; unfermented brine-pickled sushi
Specific culinary term for a type of sushi that is pickled but not fully fermented, contrasting with fully fermented narezushi.
See also: なれずし
noh mask of a woman becoming a hannya
In Noh theater, a mask representing a woman in the process of transforming into a demon (hannya), with small horns and wild hair.
See also: 般若
Unripe fruit is sour.
Unfermented narezushi has a light fermentation and a texture close to modern sushi.
The namari mask expresses the grudge of a woman before she becomes a hannya.
Standard kanji spelling for the general sense of 'half-finished' or 'unripe'.
Alternate kanji spelling; 熟り suggests 'ripening', but this form is less common.
Compound of 生 (nama, 'raw, unripe') and 成り (nari, 'becoming, state'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since at least the Edo period for half-finished or unripe things, and later specialized in culinary and Noh contexts.