Etymology

hosomaki

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Today it means: A form of sushi that comes in small cylindrical pieces with nori seaweed on the outside and usually only one filling. Full definition →

Japanese 細巻
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from細巻
  2. English todayhosomaki

Borrowed from Japanese 細巻 (hosomaki, literally “slender roll”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.