Meanings
nounikejime (uncountable)
- uncountableA method of killing a live fish wherein a spike is forcefully inserted into the hindbrain.
In Japan, fish and crustaceans are killed by pushing a wire through their spinal cord, a method called ikejime.
2018, Shingo Hamada, Richard Ralph Wilk, Seafood: Ocean to the Plate, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 176
Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 活(い)け締(じ)め (ikejime).
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