chicken grunt; threeline grunt
A species of grunt fish (Parapristipoma trilineatum) found in Japanese waters; commonly eaten as sashimi or grilled.
Chicken grunt is a fish in season during summer.
釣りたてのイサキを刺身で食べた。
I ate freshly caught chicken grunt as sashimi.
Katakana spelling is standard for this fish name; usually written in kana.
Hiragana spelling is also common.
Ateji kanji spelling; rarely used in practice.
Ateji kanji spelling; rarely used in practice.
The origin of the name イサキ is uncertain. The kanji spellings 伊佐木 and 鶏魚 are ateji and not etymologically related.