鮎掛

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鮎	掛
あい Jinmeiyō	かけ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠ika̠ke̞]

Noun

鮎(あい)掛(かけ) or 鮎掛(アイカケ) • (aikake) 

1. a sculpin, any of several fish of the family Cottidae
   1. (regional, Mie and Wakayama prefectures) Japanese fluvial sculpin, Cottus pollux

      Synonyms: 鰍, 杜父魚 (kajika)

   2. (regional, Shizuoka, Nara, Shimane, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, and Kagoshima prefectures) fourspine sculpin, Cottus kazika

      Synonyms: 鎌切, 杜父魚 (kamakiri), アラレガコ (araregako)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鮎	掛
あゆ Jinmeiyō	かけ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a̠jɯ̟ka̠ke̞]

Noun

鮎(あゆ)掛(かけ) or 鮎掛(アユカケ) • (ayukake) 

1. fishing for sweetfish, catching ayu
2. the type of hook used to catch sweetfish

   Synonym: 鮎掛鉤 (ayukakebori)

3. sculpins (fish of the family Cottidae)
   1. Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)

      Synonyms: 鰍, 杜父魚 (kajika)

   2. fourspine sculpin (Cottus kazika)

      Synonyms: 鎌切, 杜父魚 (kamakiri), アラレガコ (araregako)

See also

• 鮎(あゆ) (ayu, “sweetfish, Plecoglossus altivelis”)

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• Kyokai mono no shiri jiten (in Japanese), new edition, Heibonsha, 2021
• “カジカ”, in 世界大百科事典 第２版 (Sekai Dai-hyakka Jiten Dainihan, “Heibonsha World Encyclopedia Second Edition”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, 1998
• “カジカ”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
• “アラレガコ”, in 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984