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toro

nounnounnounattested in dialogue

A traditional Japanese lantern.

noun

  1. 1

    A traditional Japanese lantern.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 灯籠 (tōrō).

noun

  1. 1

    Myrsine salicina, a species of shrub or small tree native to New Zealand.

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori toro.

noun

  1. 1

    The fatty meat of tuna served as sushi or sashimi.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese トロ (toro).

Forms

plural
toros
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).