Meanings
- uncountableThe practice of serving sashimi or sushi on the naked body of a man.
Some American bars also offer nantaimori: sushi served on a naked man.
2010, Catherine Price, 101 Places Not to See Before You Die, Harper, published 2010, →ISBN, page 662 more examples
Just say yum when Montana's polyamory social group Polytana presents a night of nyotaimori and nantaimori, aka eating sushi off a female body and a male body, starting at 7 PM in [address redacted].
2011, Missoula Independent, Volume 22, Number 7, 24 February - 3 March 2011, page 24Actually, there'll be some nantaimori -- that's male body presentation -- at the event, too. It'll be a guy on display on that second stage, serving as a human table.
2011 March 15, Joe Crea, “Harvest Kitchen & Lounge in Solon has big possibilities: Restaurant Row”, in The Plain Dealer
Origin
- Japanese男体盛り
- Englishnantaimori
Borrowed from Japanese 男体盛り (nantaimori, literally “male body serving”).
More words from Japanese
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Chinese Mandarin 男體盛 /男体盛
- 男體盛 /男体盛 (nántǐchéng)practice
Japanese 男体盛り
- 男体盛り (nantaimori)practice
Korean 난타이모리
- 난타이모리 (nantaimori)practice
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Cite this entry
nantaimori. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nantaimori
“nantaimori.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nantaimori. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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