Nigiri-zushi

[ni-geer-ee-zoo-shee] /nɪˈgɪər iˈzu ʃi/

noun
1.
See under .
[soo-shee] /ˈsu ʃi/
noun, Japanese Cookery.
1.
cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, usually shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood (nigiri-zushi) or formed into a long seaweed-wrapped roll, often around strips of vegetable or raw fish, and sliced into bite-size pieces (maki-zushi)
/ˈsuːʃɪ/
noun
1.
a Japanese dish consisting of small cakes of cold rice with a topping esp of raw fish
n.

1893, from Japanese.