荒あら巻まき

noun

lightly roasted and salted salmon (Hokkaidō specialty)

A Hokkaidō regional food product: salmon that is lightly roasted and salted, often given as a gift or used in celebratory meals.

• 北ほっ海かい道どうのお土産みやげに新あら巻まきを買かった。

  I bought a lightly roasted and salted salmon as a souvenir from Hokkaidō.

• お正しょう月がつに荒あら巻まきを食たべる家か庭ていも多おおい。

  Many households eat this Hokkaidō-style salmon during the New Year holidays.

noun

fish wrapped in bamboo leaves or straw for transport

Traditional method of wrapping fish, especially salmon, in bamboo leaves or straw for preservation and transport; now mostly a historical or regional practice.

• 昔むかしは鮭さけを荒あら巻まきにして運はこんだ。

  In the past, salmon was wrapped in straw for transport.

• この地ち方ほうでは今いまでも荒あら巻まきの伝でん統とうが残のこっている。

  In this region, the tradition of wrapping fish in straw still remains.