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Firefly squid (hotaruika, hotaru ika )
***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Late spring
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
hotaruika, hotaru ika ほたるいか, ホタルイカ（蛍烏賊）
hotaru squid, firefly squid
Watasenia scintillans
From Toyama bay, 富山湾. Hotaru-Ika
Shun season is spring to summer
A deep-sea squid with a short life, females come to Toyama bay after one year to lay their eggs in spring, then they die. They are about 6 cm long and the weight is 8 g. They emit a bluish light that can flash in the dark sea.
other varieties of this kigo
matsuika まついか , マツイカ Northern shortfin squid, bait squid
Illex illecebrosus
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nitsuke 煮付けboiled
okitsuke 沖付けのタレ with okitsuke sauce
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koika こいか 、コイカ small ika
about 10 cm long, often eaten as they are, boiled in sweet soy sauce
tsukudani コイカの佃煮
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maruboshi コイカの丸干し dried in its form
tsukudani コイカの佃煮 simmered in sweet soy sauce
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Some more dishes with the firefly squid
amazutsuke, amasuzuke ほたるいか甘酢漬け pickled with sweet vinegar
prepared from fresh catch or sold in bottles.
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gezo soomen げそそうめん finely cut tentacles
freshly cut, with vinegar sauce
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gohan, hotaruika gohan ほたるいかご飯 simply on a bowl of rice
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hoshimono ほたるいかの干物 dried squid
A snack with sake or beer.
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ichiyaboshi ほたるいか一夜干し dried over one night
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ishiyaki 生ほたるいかの石焼風
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kasuzuke ほたるいか粕漬 in sakekasu
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kimuchizuke ほたるいかキムチ漬け pickled with kimchi
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kurozukuri ほたるいか黒作り in its own black ink
Sold in bottles.
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kushiyaki ほたるいかのくし焼きgrilled on a skewer
oogonni, oogon ni ほたるいか黄金煮 simmered sweet tsukudani preparation
sold in packets.
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okizuke ほたるいかの沖漬け pickled with sake, vinegar and salt
a kind of shiokara
pirikarani ほたるいかのピリ辛煮 simmerd with hot spices
Sold in bottles or packages
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shiokara ほたるいか塩辛 spicy innards in bottles
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shoogani ほたるいかしょうが煮 simmerd with ginger
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shooyuzuke ほたるいか醤油漬 pickled in soy sauce
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suboshi ほたるいか素干し normally dried
tamarizuke ほたるいかのたまり漬 pickled in tamari soy sauce
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Full Course SQUID Meal
furai ほたるいかのフライ deep-fried squid
pizza ほたるいかのピザ pizza with squid
tendon ほたるいかの天丼 rice with squid tempura
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Worldwide use
Leuchttintenfisch
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
父の忌の町に出初めし蛍烏賊
chichi no ki no machi ni desomeshi hotaru ika
on the day of
my father's death anniversary
firefly squid are in town
Sawaki Kinichi 沢木欣一
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蛍いか日本海も春の波
hotaruika nihonkai mo haru no nami
firefly squid ...
the Sea of Japan finally shows
waves of springtime
Takaki Susu no Ie 高木鈴の家
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蛍烏賊の一匹が待ち続けている
hotaruika no ippiki ga machituzukete iru
one firefly squid keeps waiting
Tr. Fay Aoyagi
Ooho Teruhisa 大穂照久 Oho Teruhisa
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銀行員ら朝より蛍光す烏賊のごとく
ginkooin ra asa yori keikoo su ika no-gotoku
these bank clerks
already in the morning they are fluorescent
like firefly squid
die Bankangestellten
schon früh am morgen
wie die Leuchttintenfische
Kaneko Tohta, Kaneko Tota 金子兜太
with a discussion
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Related words
***** WASHOKU : Ika ... squid dishes
WASHOKU : FISH and SEAFOOD SAIJIKI
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