fish pen; holding pond; live well
A container or enclosure in water used to keep caught fish alive, often at a fish market, restaurant, or fishing spot.
In front of the restaurant there is a large fish tank where sea bream and flounder are swimming.
I keep the caught fish in a live well.
Variant spelling; the okurigana け is omitted.
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.
Compound of 生け (ike, 'keeping alive', from verb 生ける) + 簀 (su, 'bamboo screen' or 'mat'), referring to a bamboo-screened enclosure for keeping fish alive.