Etymology

shamoji

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Today it means: A flat paddle used in Japanese cuisine to stir and serve rice and to mix vinegar into the rice for sushi. Full definition →

Japanese しゃもじ
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed fromしゃもじ
  2. English todayshamoji

From Japanese しゃもじ (shamoji).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.