Japanese

Ateji (当て字).

Alternative forms

• 舵木, 旗魚, 羽魚, 鮙

Noun

梶木 ‎(hiragana かじき, katakana カジキ, romaji kajiki, historical hiragana かぢき)

1. a marlin
   • 2007 March 7, Hideaki Sorachi, “休やすみだからってゲームばっかやっちゃダメ [Don't Spend Your Whole Day Off Playing Video Games]”, in 銀ぎん魂たま [Silver Soul], volume 17 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shueisha, ISBN 978-4-08-874327-1:

     カジキいいい⁉　食 (しょく)パンじゃなくてカジキマグロくわえて登 (とう)校 (こう)してきたこの娘 (むすめ)ェェ‼

     Kajikiiii⁉ Shoku-pan ja nakute kajikimaguro kuwaete tōkōshitekita kono musumēe‼

     A swordfish!? This girl goes to school with a marlin instead of toast‼