From English axis; attested from the 20th century. IPA(key): [a̠kɯ̟ɕisɨ] <span class="searchmatch">アクシス</span> • (akushisu) axis Synonym: 軸 (jiku) ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged...
Japanese Wikipedia has an article on: アクシスジカ Wikipedia ja From <span class="searchmatch">アクシス</span> (akushisu) + 鹿(しか) (shika, “deer”). The initial portion is from the taxonomic genus...