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) or 梶木(カジキ) • (kajiki) ^{←かぢき (kadiki)^?}

any fish of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae: marlin, spearfish, swordfish
- 2007 March 7, Hideaki Sorachi, “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 musumeee‼
  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)