tobiko

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese とびこ.

Noun

tobiko (uncountable)

  1. The roe of flying fish used as food.
  2. A nigirizushi (hand-formed sushi) made with roe of flying fish.

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 飛び子 (とびこ, tobiko, roe of the flying fish), from 飛魚 (とびうお, tobiuo, flying fish) + (, ko, roe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /to.bi.ko/
  • Hyphenation: to‧bi‧ko

Noun

tobiko (plural tobiko-tobiko)

  1. (cooking) roe of the flying fish

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

tobiko

  1. Rōmaji transcription of とびこ