noun
fish pen; holding pond; live well
A container or enclosure in water used to keep caught fish alive, often at a fish market, restaurant, or fishing spot.
料理屋の前に大きな生け簀があって、鯛や平目が泳いでいる。
In front of the restaurant there is a large fish tank where sea bream and flounder are swimming.
釣った魚を生け簀に入れておく。
I keep the caught fish in a live well.
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.
Compound of 生け (ike, 'keeping alive', from verb 生ける) + 簀 (su, 'bamboo screen' or 'mat'), referring to a bamboo-screened enclosure for keeping fish alive.