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ikejime

/ˌiːkeɪˈd͡ʒiːmeɪ/

ikejime noun: a method of killing a live fish wherein a spike is forcefully inserted into the hindbrain.

Noun

ikejime (uncountable)

  1. A method of killing a live fish wherein a spike is forcefully inserted into the hindbrain.
    • In Japan, fish and crustaceans are killed by pushing a wire through their spinal cord, a method called ikejime.2018, Shingo Hamada, Richard Ralph Wilk, Seafood: Ocean to the Plate, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 176

Origin of ikejime

Borrowed from Japanese 活(い)け締(じ)め (ikejime).

Questions about ikejime

What does ikejime mean?
Ikejime means a method of killing a live fish wherein a spike is forcefully inserted into the hindbrain.
What part of speech is ikejime?
Ikejime is a noun.
How do you pronounce ikejime?
Ikejime is pronounced /ˌiːkeɪˈd͡ʒiːmeɪ/.

Words near ikejime in the dictionary

  1. ikebanas
  2. Ikebukuro
  3. Ikeda
  4. Ikedas
  5. Ikeja
  6. ikejime
  7. Ikelos
  8. Ikerd
  9. Ikerds
  10. Ikes
  11. ikey

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