maki

noun

(in Japanese cuisine) a small segment cut from a long roll of cold rice and various other ingredients wrapped in a sheet of seaweed

Word Origin for maki

from Japanese, literally: roll

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Examples from the Web for maki

Historical Examples of maki

I wish Nature would give me a few years maki here and now, I want to stay here longer.
A Journal from Japan
Marie Carmichael Stopes
Why, there have been at least twenty or thirty men tricked by the brutes on the Maki Moor alone.
Tales of Old Japan
Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford
Tokutarô took the bet, and at nightfall set forth for the Maki Moor by himself.
Tales of Old Japan
Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford
His scepticism exasperated a number of his companions, who challenged him to go to Maki moor.
Myths & Legends of Japan
F. Hadland (Frederick Hadland) Davis
Tokutaro jeeringly accepted the bet, and when night had come he set out for the Maki moor.
Myths & Legends of Japan
F. Hadland (Frederick Hadland) Davis