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thick sushi roll; fat roll
A type of sushi roll made with a full sheet of nori seaweed and filled with multiple ingredients, resulting in a thick, round cross-section. A staple of home-made sushi and bento boxes.
太巻きを作った。
I made thick sushi rolls.
節分には太巻きを丸かぶりする習慣がある。
There is a custom of eating a whole thick sushi roll on Setsubun.
お弁当に太巻きを切って入れると、断面がきれいで喜ばれる。
If you slice thick sushi rolls and put them in a bento, the colorful cross-section looks nice and people love it.
USAGE:
太巻き is contrasted with 細巻き (thin roll), which uses half a sheet of nori and a single filling. 太巻き typically contains multiple ingredients such as egg, cucumber, kanpyo, and fish.
CULTURAL NOTE:
During 節分 (February 3), it is customary in many parts of Japan to eat a whole 太巻き called 恵方巻 while facing the lucky direction of the year.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 太巻きを巻く: to roll a thick sushi roll
- 太巻き寿司: thick-rolled sushi
WORD FORMATION:
太 (thick) + 巻き (roll).