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Etymology · Japanese

結び

2 English words descend from Japanese 結び, most common first.

musubiA ball of rice covered with nori (in Japanese cuisine, including in Hawaii), to which meat or salted or fermented vegetables are often added, differing from sushi in that the rice is not vinegared.
spam musubiA food, common in Hawaii, made of cooked spam tied to a block of rice with nori, differing from sushi in that the rice is not vinegared.