gari

British

/ ˈɡɑːrɪ /

noun

thinly sliced pickled ginger, often served with sushi

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Etymology

Origin of gari

C20: Japanese

Example Sentences

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"We have gari - a very popular food - and the best noodles ever. You can fry plantain with egg or cook it with beans, garlic and chilli pepper," she describes.

From BBC

They go to school with a bag of gari in their "chop box".

From BBC

After a while, she worked up the nerve to ask the elderly owner of a horse-drawn gari if he knew where Jalil, the cinema’s owner, lived.

From Literature

There was a period of time when he ate gari with honey for over a week.

From Literature

We didn’t do osoto gari on the evening I stopped by a recreation center in the District to join a class taught by the folks at DC Judo.

From Washington Post

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