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バショウカジキ (ばしょうかじき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

バショウカジキ

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Meanings

1

Indo-Pacific sailfish

usually written using kana alone

A species of sailfish found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Scientific name: Istiophorus platypterus.

バショウカジキは世せ界かい最さい速そくの魚さかなの一ひとつと言いわ

れ

て

いる

。

The Indo-Pacific sailfish is said to be one of the fastest fish in the world.

Kanji

芭banana
蕉banana, plantain
梶sculling oar
木tree, wood
旗flag, banner, standard
魚fish

Written forms

バショウカジキ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this fish name; usually written in kana.
芭ば蕉しょう梶かじ木き
Kanji spelling using 芭蕉 (banana) and 梶木 (a type of fish); rarely used in practice.
芭ば蕉しょう旗魚かじき
Alternate kanji spelling with 旗魚 (sailfish); also rare.

Etymology

The name バショウカジキ combines 芭蕉 (bashō, 'Japanese banana plant') and 梶木/旗魚 (kajiki, 'sailfish/marlin'), likely from the sail-like dorsal fin resembling a banana leaf.