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Borrowed from Japanese握り(nigiri, “grasping, gripping”, short for 握り寿司nigirizushi, literally “gripped sushi” from the way the sushi rice is molded in the hand).
“nigiri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Borrowed from Japanese握り(nigiri, “grasping, gripping”, short for 握り寿司nigirizushi, literally “gripped sushi” from the way the sushi rice is molded in the hand).