Word Meaning 海苔

のり nori

海苔 is read as のり (nori) and means nori.

Meaning

English

nori
laver
edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets

Reading

Kana

のり

Romaji

nori

Writing Variants

紫菜のり nori

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Synonyms 海藻,褐藻,毬藻,藻,藻類,緑藻 Rank 1054 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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海苔巻

のりまき

sushi roll (rolled in nori)

新海苔

しんのり

first dried nori after the winter

百足海苔

むかでのり

Grateloupia filicina (species of red alga)

千島黒海苔

ちしまくろのり

Pyropia kurogii (species of red algae)

幅海苔

はばのり

Petalonia binghamiae (edible species of brown algae)

岩海苔

いわのり

jelly lichen (Collema sp.)

棒青海苔

ぼうあおのり

gutweed (Ulva intestinalis)

丹波海苔

たんばのり

Grateloupia elliptica (species of red alga)

荒び海苔

すさびのり

Porphyra yezoensis (species of edible purple laver)

浅草海苔

あさくさのり

Pyropia tenera (species of edible seaweed)

乾海苔

ほしのり

dried edible seaweed

恵胡海苔

えごのり

Campylaephora hypnaeoides (species of red algae)

Example Sentences

海苔って、身体にいいの？

Is seaweed good for you?

海苔は食べたことないな。

I've never eaten seaweed.

海苔を食べたことがありますか？

Have you ever eaten seaweed?

アボカドに海苔かけて、わさび醤油付けて食べたらおいしんだよ。

Avocado is delicious when you eat it alongside nori and wasabi-joyu.

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