かつお

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かつお – see the following entries.
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a skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis
Short for 鰹木 (katsuogi): a log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole
Short for 鰹節 (katsuobushi): smoked and dried skipjack tuna
(obsolete) Short for 鰹虫 (katsuomushi): a biting midge; a water strider
a surname
Alternative spellings
堅魚, 松魚, カツオ
勝男
a male given name
克雄
a male given name
Alternative spelling
よしお
勝雄
a male given name
克男
a male given name
(This term, かつお (katsuo), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as かつお, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かつお.)