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Japanese

 カジキ on Japanese Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
かじ
Jinmeiyō

Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
舵木
旗魚
羽魚

Etymology

Ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

Noun

(かじ)() or 梶木(カジキ) (kajikiかぢき (kadiki)?

  1. any fish of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae: marlin, spearfish, swordfish
    • 2007 March 7, Hideaki Sorachi, “(だい)(ひゃく)(よん)(じゅう)(はち)(くん) (やす)みだからってゲームばっかやっちゃダメ [Lesson 148: Don’t Spend Your Whole Day Off Playing Video Games]”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) [Silver Soul], volume 17 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      カジキいいい⁉ (しょく)パンじゃなくてカジキマグロくわえて(とう)(こう)してきたこの(むすめ)ェェ‼
      Kajikīī⁉ Shoku-pan ja nakute kajikimaguro kuwaete tōkōshitekita kono musumeee‼
      A swordfish!? This girl goes to school with a marlin instead of toast!!

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