串くし

noun

skewer; spit

A thin stick used to hold pieces of food together for cooking or serving. Common in yakitori and other grilled dishes.

• 焼やき鳥とりの串くしを外はずして食たべる。

  I take the yakitori off the skewer and eat it.

• 串くしに刺さした野や菜さいをグリルで焼やく。

  Grill the vegetables on skewers.

noun

proxy server

Slang term for a proxy server, derived from the homophone 串 (skewer) as a playful reading of 'proxy'. Used in IT contexts.

See also: プロキシサーバー

• 海かい外がいのサイトを見みるために串くしを通とおす。

  I use a proxy to access overseas sites.