Etymology

hangiri

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Today it means: A round, flat-bottomed wooden tub or barrel used to hold rice while it is dressed and cooled for sushi. Full definition →

Japanese 半切
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from半切
  2. English todayhangiri

From Japanese 半切 (hangiri), 飯切.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.