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Japanese

Gunkanmaki topped with roe.
Kanji in this term
軍 艦 巻
ぐん
Grade: 4 		かん
Grade: S 		ま(き)
Grade: 6
on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
軍艦卷 (kyūjitai)
軍艦巻き

Etymology

軍(ぐん)艦(かん) (gunkan, “warship”) + 巻(ま)き (maki, “roll; wrap”), from the way this food is said to resemble a warship.

Noun

軍(ぐん)艦(かん)巻(まき) • (gunkanmaki) 

  1. a kind of sushi made by wrapping rice in nori, and then topping it with another ingredient, such as roe or sea urchin

References

  1. ^ “軍艦巻”, in デジタル大辞泉 ‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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