Etymology

benihana

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Today it means: An aerial trick where one hand grabs the tail of the board, and the back foot is released from the board. Full definition →

Japanese 紅花
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from紅花“safflower”
  2. English todaybenihana

Named after the Benihana restaurant chain, from Japanese 紅花 (“safflower”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.