Definitions

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

Etymologies

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Japanese 振り掛け, ふりかけ?

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Examples

  • Ye can see I traced out the map on it already in furikake and carrot, and a carrot skull of the last one who tried to steal my bento!

    Backdated Bento #10 « Were rabbits 2006

  • I try and order some to go but then decide to head over to Uwajimaya and see what kind of furikake selection they have.

    December « 2004 « I HEART BACON 2004

  • I try and order some to go but then decide to head over to Uwajimaya and see what kind of furikake selection they have.

    Date Night #2: Takohachi « I HEART BACON 2004

  • As my grandchildren grabbed furikake — which looked suspiciously like what their mother used to feed her pet goldfish “Fred” as a child — to put on their rice, I grabbed the bottle of soy sauce.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011

  • Mixed grain rice with ume furikake in the upper layer.

    Bento #194 « Were rabbits 2009

  • Thinking about ordering from Jlist, they have suche cute cutters and its the only place I ever found furikake.

    Bento 2^2^2^2 « Were rabbits 2009

  • Rice with furikake, vegetarian dumplings, broccoli, tiny cherry tomatoes, a zucchini quiche, a soy fishy and Pez on a lettuce leaf.

    Bento #268 « Were rabbits 2009

  • As my grandchildren grabbed furikake — which looked suspiciously like what their mother used to feed her pet goldfish “Fred” as a child — to put on their rice, I grabbed the bottle of soy sauce.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grandmothers Jack Canfield 2011

  • Onigiri with umeboshi furikake, microwave egglog, carrot flowers, grapes and an English mint biscuit.

    Bento #210 and 211 « Were rabbits 2009

  • Rice with furikake, vegetarian dumplings, broccoli, tiny cherry tomatoes, a zucchini quiche, a soy fishy and Pez on a lettuce leaf.

    November « 2009 « Were rabbits 2009

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