Etymology

uramaki

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Today it means: A form of cylindrical sushi with two or more fillings, and (unlike makimono) having the rice on the outside and the nori inside. Full definition →

Japanese 裏巻
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from裏巻
  2. English todayuramaki

Borrowed from Japanese 裏巻 (literally “inside-out roll”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.