握(にぎ)り飯(めし) にぎりめし noun rice ball food 1. rice ball Cooked rice pressed by hand into a ball or triangle, often with a filling and wrapped in seaweed; an older, plainer word for おにぎり. 握(にぎ)り飯(めし)を食(た)べる。 To eat a rice ball. 母(はは)が握(にぎ)り飯(めし)を作(つく)ってくれた。 My mother made me rice balls. 山小屋(やまごや)で食(た)べた塩(しお)だけの握(にぎ)り飯(めし)が、今(いま)まで一番(いちばん)おいしかった。 The plain salted rice ball I ate at the mountain hut was the best I've ever had. Today most people say おにぎり or おむすび; 握(にぎ)り飯(めし) sounds old-fashioned and rustic, and appears in stories and historical dramas.Similar wordsおにぎり: rice ball (the everyday word)おむすび: rice ball (a softer word, common in some regions)寿司(すし): sushi; 握(にぎ)り alone often means hand-pressed sushi Related Words Compare: おにぎり (rice ball) Compare: おむすび (rice ball) Compare: 寿司(すし) (sushi) general Added 2026.10.3 4:35 · Revised 2026.10.3 4:36 31000/31466_nigirimeshi