forearm guard (made of thin metal plates)
Historical armor piece; thin metal plates worn on the forearm for protection. Rarely encountered outside historical or martial contexts.
skewered baby-eel kabayaki
A food item consisting of several small eels skewered together and grilled in kabayaki style, resembling a raft. Used in culinary contexts.
See also: 蒲焼
They built a raft by tying logs together.
As part of the armor, they wore forearm guards on their arms.
The specialty of this restaurant is skewered baby-eel kabayaki, called ikada.
butcher's broom
raftsman; rafter
floral raft; flower petals floating on water · Helwingia japonica (shrub) · oily perfume used under white makeup (archaic)
raftsman; rafter
timber rafting; floating bound logs downstream
Usually written in kana; the kanji 筏 is also used but less common.
Kanji form, less common than kana. The reading いかだ is standard.
Katakana spelling, sometimes used for emphasis or in technical contexts.
Rarely used kanji form for raft.
The origin is uncertain. The word いかだ has been used since Old Japanese to mean a raft. The kanji 筏 is a phono-semantic compound, but the exact derivation of the Japanese word is unclear.