半切(はんぎ)り

はんぎり
noun
cutting in half; hangiri (sushi-rice tub)
foodactiontool
1. cutting in half; halving; cut in two
The act of cutting something in half, or something that has been cut in half. Commonly used in cooking and food contexts.
トマトを半切(はんぎ)りにする。
Cut the tomato in half.
レモンの半切(はんぎ)りを添(そ)えた。
I added a lemon cut in half.
アボカドの半切(はんぎ)りに塩(しお)をかけて食(た)べる。
Eat half an avocado with salt.
2. hangiri; shallow wooden tub for sushi rice
A wide, shallow, flat-bottomed wooden tub, traditionally of cypress, in which freshly cooked rice is mixed with vinegar and cooled to make sushi rice. Also written 半切(はんぎり) or 飯切(はんぎり), often written in kana as はんぎり, and also called 飯台(はんだい) or 寿司桶(すしおけ).
半切(はんぎ)りで酢飯(すめし)を作(つく)る。
Make sushi rice in a hangiri.
炊(た)きたてのご飯(はん)を半切(はんぎ)りに移(うつ)し、合(あ)わせ酢(ず)を回(まわ)しかける。
Transfer the freshly cooked rice to the hangiri and pour the sushi vinegar over it.
半切(はんぎ)りは使(つか)う前(まえ)に水(みず)に浸(ひた)しておかないと、ご飯(はん)がくっついてしまう。
If you don't soak the hangiri in water before using it, the rice will stick to it.

Both senses of 半切(はんぎ)り belong to the kitchen. Sense 1 is cutting something in half, or the halved piece that results; sense 2 is a utensil.

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Sense 2 is a kitchen utensil, not a cut: the tub used to make 酢飯(すめし) (sushi rice), also called 飯台(はんだい) or 寿司桶(すしおけ). Shops and recipes often write it in kana, はんぎり, which avoids confusion with sense 1.

Related Words

Related: 薄切(うすぎ)り (thin slices)
Related: 輪切(わぎ)り (round slices)
Related: 千切(せんぎ)り (julienne/shredded)
Related: 乱切(らんぎ)り (irregular chunks)
Compare: 寿司桶(すしおけ) (sushi tub)
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