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”) + 子 (こ, ko, “roe”).

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

Noun

tobiko (first-person possessive tobikoku, second-person possessive tobikomu, third-person possessive tobikonya)

  1. (cooking) roe of the flying fish.

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

tobiko

  1. Rōmaji transcription of とびこ
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