ikejime

ikejime

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 活 (い)け締 (じ)め (ikejime).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːkeɪˌdʒiːmeɪ/

Noun

ikejime (uncountable)

1. A method of draining blood from a live fish to keep it fresh.
   • 2018, Hamada, Shingo; Wilk, Richard Ralph, Seafood: Ocean to the Plate, Routledge, →ISBN, OCLC 1111619572, page 176:

     In Japan, fish and crustaceans are killed by pushing a wire through their spinal cord, a method called ikejime.

Further reading

• ikejime on Wikipedia.Wikipedia