杢魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
杢 魚
もく
Hyōgai 		ぎょ
Grade: 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 杢魚 – see the following entry.
【木魚もくぎょ】
[noun] (Buddhism) wooden fish:
[noun] a wooden percussion instrument in the shape of a fish used to signal monks to their duties
[noun] a round, hollow, vaguely fish-shaped wooden percussion instrument used during recitations of Buddhist sutras
[noun] (colloquial) katsuobushi
[noun] (slang) an impregnated married woman
(This term, 杢魚, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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