カツオ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of カツオ – see the following entry.

【鰹かつお】H [noun] a skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis [noun] Short for 鰹木 (katsuogi): a log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole [noun] Short for 鰹節 (katsuobushi): smoked and dried skipjack tuna [noun] (obsolete) Short for 鰹虫 (katsuomushi): a biting midge; a water strider [proper noun] a surname Alternative spellings 堅魚, 松魚

(This term, カツオ (katsuo), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)