gari

/ ˈɡɑːrɪ /

noun

1. thinly sliced pickled ginger, often served with sushi

Word History and Origins

Origin of gari¹

C20: Japanese

Example Sentences

"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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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