Etymology

unagi

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Today it means: A type of sushi made from freshwater eel. Full definition →

Japanese 鰻
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from鰻“eel”
  2. English todayunagi

Borrowed from Japanese 鰻 (unagi, “eel”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.