gari

/ (ˈɡɑːrɪ) /

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noun

thinly sliced pickled ginger, often served with sushi

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Word Origin for gari

C20: Japanese

Words nearby gari

gargantuan, garget, gargle, gargoyle, gargoylism, gari, garibaldi, Garibaldi, Giuseppe, garigue, garish, garland

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How to use gari in a sentence

Also, they have caught a new form of gari-gari, a sort of vegetable poisoning like poison oak or poison ivy.
The Cruise of the Snark|Jack London
Furthermore, his gari-gari, from too enthusiastic scratch-scratching, has furnished footholds for countless Solomon sores.
The Cruise of the Snark|Jack London
He says cheerfully that he expects to be cured of his gari-gari in another month.
The Cruise of the Snark|Jack London
River after river had to be waded, the At-pets, the Nii-pak-pets, and the Shibe-gari-pets.
Alone with the Hairy Ainu|A. H. Savage Landor

Ok n er at eitthvert sinn um sumarit, at Sigmundr mlti til ris: "Hvat mun vera, o at vi farim skg enna, er hr er norr fr gari?"
The English Language|Robert Gordon Latham