ikijime
1. fresh-frozen (e.g. fish); quickly frozen
Adjective
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1. fresh-frozen (e.g. fish); quickly frozen
1. draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh
2. fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport)
3. killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank
1. Not live-killed.; Not fresh-killed.
1. If alive-killed; If fresh-killed
1. If/when alive-killed/tightly-bound.; If it were alive-killed/tightly-bound.
1. Not live-killed.; Not fresh-killed.
1. Live-killed; Freshly killed
1. Was live-killed.; Was still wriggling.
1. If/when alive-blanched/freshly killed
1. Is not live-killed.; Is not fresh-killed.