梶木

梶木

Japanese

Kanji in this term
梶	木
かじ Jinmeiyō	き Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
舵木 旗魚 羽魚 鱏 鮙

Etymology

Ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) か​じき [káꜜjìkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ʑikʲi]

Noun

梶(かじ)木(き) • (kajiki) ^{←かぢき (kadiki)?}

1. any fish of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae: marlin, spearfish, swordfish
   • 2007 March 7, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第(だい)百(ひゃく)四(よん)十(じゅう)八(はち)訓(くん)　休(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⁉　食(しょく)パンじゃなくてカジキマグロくわえて登(とう)校(こう)してきたこの娘(むすめ)ェェ‼

     Kajikīī⁉ Shoku-pan ja nakute kajikimaguro kuwaete tōkōshitekita kono musumēe‼

     A swordfish!? This girl goes to school with a marlin instead of toast!!

Derived terms

• 旗魚座(かじきざ) (Kajikiza)
• 梶木鮪(かじきまぐろ) (kajikimaguro)
• 黒梶木(くろかじき) (kurokajiki)
• 芭蕉梶木(ばしょうかじき) (bashō kajiki)
• 真梶木(まかじき) (makajiki)
• 目梶木(めかじき) (mekajiki)