Dried Salmon - Karasake

Japanese: 乾鮭 - からざけ

〘Noun〙① Salted salmon soaked overnight in cold running water and then dried in the shade. A specialty of the northern regions. Cold salted salmon. [Season: Winter] ※Konjaku (around 1120?) 28 "A dried salmon strapped to a sword " ② (Due to its shape) a metaphor for dying by hanging. ※Joruri: Goju-nen-ki-ka-nembutsu (1707) 1 "Like a dried salmon, <omitted> I don't have a penny" ③ A word used to mock an old woman. A wrinkled old woman. ※Zappai: Takari-kasa (1756) "That's right - a retired man with fins on a dried salmon" ④ A word used to insult someone. People who are not worth mentioning. ※Joruri: Setsu-shu Watanabebashi Kuyo (1748) 5 "Not enough dried salmon to count "

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 塩引鮭を一晩冷たい流水に浸し、陰干しにしたもの。北国の特産。寒塩引。《季・冬》※今昔（1120頃か）二八「枯鮭(からざけ)を大刀に帯(は)けて」② (その形状から) 首をつって死ぬことのたとえ。※浄瑠璃・五十年忌歌念仏（1707）上「からざけにならふが、〈略〉一文もかねはない」③ 老婆をあざけっていう語。しわくちゃばばあ。※雑俳・田刈笠（1756）「それはその・干鮭に鰭有る隠居」④ 人をののしっていう語。とるにたりない人間ども。※浄瑠璃・摂州渡辺橋供養（1748）五「数にもたりない乾鮭(カラザケ)めら」

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