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‖ katsuo|ˈkatswo| [Jap.] = bonito, Katsuwonus pelamis, an important food fish in Japan, whether fresh or dried. So ˈkatsuobushi, a dried quarter of this fish.
1727J. G. Scheuchzer tr. Kæmpfer's Hist. Japan I. i. 136 The best sort of Katsuwo fish is caught about Gotho. 1884tr. J. J. Rein's Japan i. vii. 194 Most conspicuous is the common bonito or Katsu-uwo (Thynnus pelamys), one of the most important and most valued fishes of Japan. 1891A. M. Bacon Jap. Girls & Women i. 5 Sometimes a box of eggs, or a peculiar kind of dried fish, called Katsuobushi, is sent with this present. 1899L. Hearn In Ghostly Japan xiv. 227 The Yaidzu-fishing-industry, which supplies dried katsuo (bonito) to all parts of the Empire. 1965W. Swaan Jap. Lantern iv. 51 Sticks of katsuobushi, a form of bonito, a species of striped tunny. 1969Guardian 16 July 16/4 One staple [Japanese food]..is dried bonito (Katsuobashi). |