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furikake.

A dry Japanese condiment for rice; typically a mixture of dried fish, sesame seeds, chopped seaweed, sugar, salt, and monosodium glutamate.

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noun/ˌfɚ.əˈkɑ.ki/US
  1. A dry Japanese condiment for rice; typically a mixture of dried fish, sesame seeds, chopped seaweed, sugar, salt, and monosodium glutamate.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 振(ふ)り掛(か)け (furikake), an nominalized form of 振(ふ)り掛(か)ける (furikakeru, “to sprinkle on top”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.