かつおぶし

Japanese

Alternative spellings
鰹節 かつお節 カツオ節

Etymology

From 鰹 (katsuo, “skipjack tuna”) +‎ 節 (fushi, “part, section”). The fushi changes to bushi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かつおぶし [kàtsúóbúshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠t͡sɨo̞bɯ̟ɕi]

Noun

かつおぶし • (katsuobushi) ^{←かつをぶし (katwobusi)?}

1. katsuobushi (dried, fermented, and smoked skipjack tuna)

Derived terms

• 猫(ねこ)に鰹節(かつおぶし) (neko ni katsuobushi)

Descendants

• → English: katsuobushi
• → Korean: 가쓰오부시 (gasseuobusi)