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- Japanese · borrowed from軍艦巻
- English todaygunkanmaki
Borrowed from Japanese 軍艦巻 (literally “warship roll”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
gunkanmaki
Today it means: A form of nigiri sushi consisting of an oval clump of rice wrapped in nori, forming a vessel that is filled with another ingredient. Full definition →
Japanese 軍艦巻