marlin; swordfish; spearfish; sailfish
Refers to several large oceanic fish with elongated upper jaws, including marlin, swordfish, spearfish, and sailfish. In everyday Japanese, カジキ often means swordfish or marlin, especially in culinary contexts.
今夜の夕食はカジキのソテーだ。
Tonight's dinner is sautéed swordfish.
カジキは海の速い魚の一つです。
The marlin is one of the fastest fish in the ocean.
カジキ is the native Japanese term for the billfish, while マーリン is the English loanword often used in sport-fishing or international contexts.
Usually written in katakana; usually written in kana.
Hiragana spelling, also common.
Ateji kanji spelling; rarely used.
Ateji kanji spelling; rarely used.
The origin is uncertain. The kanji 梶木 and 旗魚 are ateji (phonetic equivalents) and do not reflect the word's derivation.