Japanese

Noun

サシ ‎(hiragana さし, romaji sashi)

1. the uniformly fatten of meat, especially beef.

   牛肉にサシが入る

   ぎゅうにくにさしがはいる

   gyūniku ni sashi ga hairu

   The beef gets uniformly fattened.

Related terms

• 霜降り肉 (しもふりにく, しもふりにく): marble beef

Etymology 2

From the Old Korean word for castle, a descendant form of which appeared in Middle Korean texts as jas (잣). Possibly also related to the Ainu word chashi (チャシ) meaning "fence; enclosure; castle; fortress."

Noun

サシ ‎(hiragana さし, romaji sashi)

1. 城: (archaic) Castle.

1. • 720: Nihon Shoki

     東韓者、甘羅城・高難城・爾林城是也。

   • 720: Nihon Shoki

     逮乎朕之王天下、投身對馬之外、竄跡匝羅之表、阻高麗之貢、呑百濟之城。

Usage notes

• Archaic.

References

• Sakamoto, Tarō; Saburō Ienaga, Mitsusada Inoue, Susumu Ōno (1965) Nihon Shoki (Iwanami Nihon Koten Bungaku Jiten) (in Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000600672, ISBN 4000600680