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おにぎり - Onigiri

PUBLIC_FLAG_#{@journal.pf_int} RSS feed of enjoy studying's latest journal entries Jul 14th 2009 21:53 english rice ball dictionary onigiri
One day I wondered what '' onigiri '' which is Japanese word was called in English. I looked up the word, onigiri, in a Japanese-English dictionary. I was able to find '' rice ball ''. Then I looked up '' rice ball '' in Longman Dictionary Contemporary English Online and Merriam Webster Online. However, I was not able to find anything. I wondered why '' rice ball '' was not in English-English dictionary. I probably guess that there is no '' onigiri '' in English culture, so English-English dictionary doesn't need to include the word, onigiri, however, it is necessary for Japanese to explain '' onigiri '' to people from other countries in English. By the way, '' rice ball '' is a little strange word for me. This is why the shape of '' onigiri '' is not always sphere like a ball. This shape is sometimes triangle pole or column-shaped. Maybe we mainly see the triangle pole-shaped '' onigiri '' in Japan. If I could publish an English-Japanese dictionary, I would translate '' onigiri '' into '' lump of rice'' as an English word.
If you would like to know about '' onigiri '' , please visit this website. The URL is below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_ball
Jul 14th 2009 22:05 Tina
  • English
  • Japanese

  • One day I wondered what '' onigiri '' which is Japanese word was called in English.
  • One day I wondered what ''onigiri," which is Japanese word, was called in English.
Comment  
  • I looked up the word, onigiri, in a Japanese-English dictionary.
  • I looked up the word "onigiri" in a Japanese-English dictionary.
Comment  
  • I was able to find '' rice ball ''.
  • I was able to find ''rice ball.''
Comment  
  • I probably guess that there is no '' onigiri '' in English culture, so English-English dictionary does't need to include the word, onigiri, however, it is necessary for Japanese to explain '' onigiri '' to people from other countries in English.
  • I probably guess that there is no '' onigiri '' in English culture, so the English-English dictionary doesn't need to include the word "onigiri." However, it is necessary for Japanese to explain '' onigiri '' to people from other countries in English.
Comment  
  • By the way, '' rice ball '' is a little strange word for me.
  • By the way, '' rice ball '' is a little strange word for me.
Comment  
  • This is why the shape of '' onigiri '' is not always sphere like a ball.
  • This is why Because the shape of '' onigiri '' is not always a sphere like a ball.
Comment  
  • This shape is sometimes triangle pole or column-shaped.
  • This shape is sometimes a triangular pole or column-shaped.
Comment  
Onigiri is such a delicious Japanese food :) And I agree that riceball is a bit of a weird word to use... but rice triangle or lump of rice doesn't sound like it tastes very good in English ><.

英語がお上手ですねえ！
Jul 15th 2009 15:20 kitori,nombre, or em :D
  • English
  • Japanese, Other language

  • One day I wondered what '' onigiri '' which is Japanese word was called in English.
  • One day I wondered what '' onigiri'' ,which is a Japanese word, was called in English.
Comment  
  • I wondered why '' rice ball '' was not in English-English dictionary.
  • I wondered why '' rice ball '' was not in the English dictionary.
Comment  
  • I probably guess that there is no '' onigiri '' in English culture, so English-English dictionary doesn't need to include the word, onigiri, however, it is necessary for Japanese to explain '' onigiri '' to people from other countries in English.
  • I probably guess that there is no '' onigiri '' in English culture, so English dictionaries will not include the word "onigiri". However, it is necessary for Japanese to explain, in English, the word "onigiri".
Comment  
  • This is why the shape of '' onigiri '' is not always sphere like a ball.
  • This is why The shape of '' onigiri '' is not always a ball-like sphere.
Comment  
  • This shape is sometimes triangle pole or column-shaped.
  • It's shape is sometimes a triangular pole or column-shaped.
Comment  
御握りおいしいです!!! ^o^
Jul 16th 2009 23:29 Franzi
  • English
  • Japanese, Spanish

'Lump' sounds like leftover rice that is clumped together in the garbage can. Generally, we just say 'onigiri' if we are familiar with the food. (English usually just borrows food terms and adapts them to English pronunciation.)

'Ball' does normally mean something round, but I wouldn't assume a "rice ball" was round just from hearing the name. Other "___ ball" foods are usually round-ish, but they're not perfectly round. What 'ball' actually signals to me is that someone patted some food together with their hands into some kind of clump.
Jul 23rd 2009 10:28 Rachel
  • English
  • Japanese

  • One day I wondered what '' onigiri '' which is Japanese word was called in English.
  • One day I wondered what the Japanese word ''onigiri'' was/is called in English.
Comment  
  • I was able to find '' rice ball ''.
  • I was (only) able to find ''rice ball''.
Comment  
  • Then I looked up '' rice ball '' in Longman Dictionary Contemporary English Online and Merriam Webster Online.
  • Then I looked up ''rice ball'' in the Longman Dictionary Contemporary English Online and Merriam Webster Online.
Comment  
  • I probably guess that there is no '' onigiri '' in English culture, so English-English dictionary doesn't need to include the word, onigiri, however, it is necessary for Japanese to explain '' onigiri '' to people from other countries in English.
  • I guess that there is probably no ''onigiri '' in English culture, so a English-English dictionary doesn't need to include it.the word, onigiri. However, it is necessary for Japanese to explain '' onigiri '' in English to people from other countries.
Comment  
  • By the way, '' rice ball '' is a little strange word for me.
  • By the way, ''rice ball'' is a little bit of a strange word for me.
Comment  
  • This is why the shape of '' onigiri '' is not always sphere like a ball.
  • ''Onigiri'' is not always spherical like a ball.
Comment  
  • This shape is sometimes triangle pole or column-shaped.
  • The shape is sometimes triangular or column-shaped.
Comment  
  • Maybe we mainly see the triangle pole-shaped '' onigiri '' in Japan.
  • Mainly we see the triangle pole-shaped ''onigiri'' in Japan.
Comment  
  • If I could publish an English-Japanese dictionary, I would translate '' onigiri '' into '' lump of rice'' as an English word.
  • If I could publish an English-Japanese dictionary, I would translate '' onigiri '' into '' lump of rice'' for the English entry.
Comment  
Haha. Good entry. Onigiri are very tasty. I've tried explaining them to people. I end up saying something along the lines of, 'It's like a sandwich, you take it with you to munch on. But it's rice and you get to shape the rice into a triangle with your hands. Kinda like cutting the edges off your sandwich and cutting it diagonal." Which isn't the same at all, but it seems to work.
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