also: あさき · あさっき
crude wood; knotty wood
Refers to wood of poor quality with many knots, often used in contexts like carpentry or woodworking.
This board is crude wood, so it's not suitable for furniture.
Standard kanji spelling for this term.
Alternate reading; less common than あさぎ.
Rare colloquial or dialectal variant reading.
The term is composed of 浅 (shallow, light) and 木 (tree, wood), but the exact derivation is uncertain; it may refer to wood that is light or inferior in quality.