temaki

[ te-mah-kee ]

noun

, Japanese Cooking.

1. cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, wrapped together with strips of vegetable or raw fish in a sheet of dried seaweed and rolled into a cone shape.

Word History and Origins

Origin of temaki¹

First recorded in 1980–85; from Japanese: literally, “hand roll”

Example Sentences

Here, the vocabulary of fast food for many young Brazilians is temaki (hand rolls) instead of burgers and fries.

From The Daily Beast

In some areas, the concept of a “temaki shop” is the local equivalent of a by-the-slice pizza parlor.

From The Daily Beast