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kappamaki

kappamaki noun: hosomaki sushi with a cucumber filling.

Noun

kappamaki (uncountable)

  1. hosomaki sushi with a cucumber filling

Origin of kappamaki

Borrowed from Japanese 河童巻. See kappa (“Japanese water imp”), said to be fond of cucumber.

Questions about kappamaki

What does kappamaki mean?
Kappamaki means hosomaki sushi with a cucumber filling.
What part of speech is kappamaki?
Kappamaki is a noun.

Words near kappamaki in the dictionary

  1. Kappa slappers
  2. Kappa variant
  3. kappacism
  4. kappal
  5. kappals
  6. kappamaki
  7. kapparah
  8. kapparot
  9. kapparoth
  10. kappas
  11. kappel

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