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Compound of 蒲(kama, “cattail, bulrush”) + 鉾(hoko, “spear”). The cattail plant sense is from the way the seed spike resembles a spear. The food-related sense comes from the way the fishcake would often be shaped into a tube on a skewer for roasting, resembling a cattail seed spike in shape and sometimes color. The hoko changes to boko as an instance of rendaku (連濁).. [1][2][3]
Generally written in hiragana due to the high number of strokes and rarity of the characters used in the kanji spelling.
Derived terms
Derived terms
蒲鉾芋(kamaboko imo): grated山芋(yamaimo), wheat flour, and arrowroot mixed, placed on a board, steamed, and made to look like kamaboko
蒲鉾形(kamabokogata): a domed shape like a kamaboko loaf placed on a board
蒲鉾小屋(kamabokogoya): a rough hut shaped like a kamaboko loaf, made of bent bamboo and covered in rushes
蒲鉾箍(kamaboko taga): a brass or copper hoop such as for a barrel or 湯桶(yutō) that is wide in the middle and narrow at the edges, similar in shape to a kamaboko loaf
蒲鉾豆腐(kamabokodōfu): tofu mixed with walnuts, placed on a board, steamed, and made to look like kamaboko
蒲鉾味噌(kamaboko miso): surimi mixed with white miso, cracked 山椒(sanshō, “Japanese pepper”), minced ginger, soy sauce, and optionally other ingredients, and simmered in saké over low heat
蒲鉾道(kamaboko michi): a road where the surface bulges up in the center and is lower on the edges, similar in shape to a kamaboko loaf
蒲鉾弓(kamaboko yumi): a type of bow made of zelkova wood with a layer of bamboo on the outside and similar in shape to a kamaboko loaf, popular from the late Heian period
References
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
