egi fishing; squid jigging
A fishing technique where a weighted lure (餌木, egi) is cast and jerked to attract squid. The term is a wasei-eigo blend of 餌木 (egi) and the English suffix -ing.
I went egi fishing over the weekend and caught a bigfin reef squid.
Egi fishing is a technique that even beginners can easily start.
Katakana spelling is standard for this loanword-based fishing term.
Mixed hiragana-katakana spelling; rarely used in practice.
Rare kanji spelling using 餌木 for 'egi' (squid lure); almost never seen.
Wasei-eigo blend of 餌木 (egi, 'squid lure') and the English suffix -ing, forming a noun for the fishing technique.