おこぜ

Modern form of おこじ (okoji). Attested since at least the mid-Muromachi period.^[1]

• (Tokyo) おこぜ [òkóꜜzè] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ko̞ze̞]

• (Kyoto) お​こぜ [ókòzè] (Kōki)^[1]

おこぜ • (okoze) ^{←をこぜ (wokoze)?}

1. [from the mid-Muromachi period] a stonefish; a stingfish
2. [from 1801] (figurative) a woman with ugly looks
3. [from 1847] synonym of いらむし (iramushi, “larvae of an oriental moth”)

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as オコゼ (okoze).