ikejime

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌiːkeɪˈd͡ʒiːmeɪ/

Noun

ikejime (uncountable)

1. A method of killing a live fish wherein a spike is forcefully inserted into the hindbrain.
   • 2018, Shingo Hamada, Richard Ralph Wilk, Seafood: Ocean to the Plate, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 176:

     In Japan, fish and crustaceans are killed by pushing a wire through their spinal cord, a method called ikejime.

Further reading

• ikejime on Wikipedia.Wikipedia