{"id":5036,"date":"2024-04-25T13:46:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T04:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&p=5036"},"modified":"2025-10-27T12:25:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T03:25:22","slug":"broadbill-swordfish-mekajiki","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/broadbill-swordfish-mekajiki\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadbill swordfish (Mekajiki)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The appearance of Broadbill swordfish (Mekajiki)<\/p><\/div>\n

Common name: Broadbill swordfish<\/span><\/p>\n

Japanese name: Mekajiki<\/span> (\u773c\u68b6\u6728\u3001\u773c\u65d7\u9b5a\u3001\u5973\u65d7\u9b5a\u3001\u5973\u68b6\u6728\u3001\u5973\u8235\u6728)<\/span><\/p>\n

Taiwan common name: \u528d\u65d7\u9b5a\u3001\u65d7\u9b5a\u8205\u3001\u4e01\u633d\u8205\u3001\u528d\u9b5a\u3001\u5927\u76ee\u65d7\u9b5a\u3001\u4e01\u633d\u8205\u65d7\u9b5a<\/span><\/p>\n

Chinese common name: \u5251\u9c7c<\/span><\/p>\n

Korean common name: \ud669\uc0c8\uce58<\/span><\/p>\n

French common name: Espadon, Espadron<\/span><\/p>\n

Spanish common name: Aja para, Albacora, Chichi spada, Emperador, Espada, Espadon, Espardarte<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Portuguese common name: Aguilh\u00e3o, Aguilh\u00e3o-Meca, Agulha, Agulhao, Agulh\u00e3o, Agulh\u00e3o-espadarte, Araguagu\u00e1, Catana, Espada, Espadarte, Espadarte-maca, Espadarte-meca, Espadim-azul,Espad\u00e3o<\/span><\/p>\n

Scientific name: Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Nigiri sushi detail: Broadbill swordfish (Mekajiki) Nigiri sushi<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Characteristics:<\/span><\/p>\n

Broadbill swordfish (Mekajiki) is distributed throughout the world in temperate to tropical waters. It inhabits the surface and mid-oceanic waters of the open ocean. It is the largest of the swordfish species, reaching a total length of 5 meters. The upper crocodile is long and flattened like a sword. The body color is dark brown on the dorsal side and white on the ventral side. The ventral fins and scales are absent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among marlin species, the most familiar in Japan are Broadbill swordfish (Mekajiki), Striped marlin (Makajiki), Bayonet fish (Bashokajiki), Blue Marlin<\/span> (Kurokajiki), Black Marlin (Shirokajiki), and Shortbill spearfish (Furakikajiki).<\/span><\/p>\n

Mekajiki are caught throughout the year, but those caught mainly by dart fishing in the summer are called “summer meka” and are characterized by their light flavor and mild fat content. Winter meka, caught between October and March, has plenty of fat in its flesh so much so that a knife used to cut it quickly becomes useless.<\/span><\/p>\n

The flesh is the whitest and softest of all swordfish. Mekajiki’s light flavor makes it suitable for cooking in a variety of ways, but oil is the best way to cook it. It can also be used as sashimi, but teriyaki and steak are the most common cooking methods. <\/span><\/p>\n

When made into nigiri sushi, the rich, sweet flavor of the fat blends perfectly with the acidity of the vinegared rice. The texture, where the fat melts in your mouth at body temperature, is also delightful. It is a staple at sushi restaurants around Kesennuma, but in Tokyo, it is only occasionally seen at conveyor-belt sushi restaurants. <\/span>However, in Edomae sushi, swordfish refers to striped marlin (Makajiki).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Common name: Broadbill swordfish Japanese name: Mekajiki (\u773c\u68b6\u6728\u3001\u773c\u65d7\u9b5a\u3001\u5973\u65d7\u9b5a\u3001\u5973\u68b6\u6728\u3001\u5973\u8235\u6728) Taiwan common name: \u528d\u65d7\u9b5a\u3001\u65d7\u9b5a\u8205\u3001\u4e01\u633d\u8205\u3001\u528d\u9b5a\u3001\u5927\u76ee\u65d7\u9b5a\u3001\u4e01\u633d\u8205\u65d7\u9b5a Chinese common name: \u5251\u9c7c Korean common name: \ud669\uc0c8\uce58 French common name: Espadon, Espadron Spanish common name: Aja para, Albacora, Chichi spada, Emperador, Espada, Espadon, Espardarte\u00a0 Portuguese common name: Aguilh\u00e3o, Aguilh\u00e3o-Meca, Agulha, Agulhao, Agulh\u00e3o, Agulh\u00e3o-espadarte, Araguagu\u00e1, Catana, Espada, Espadarte, Espadarte-maca, Espadarte-meca, Espadim-azul,Espad\u00e3o Scientific name: Xiphias gladius Linnaeus, 1758 Nigiri sushi detail: Broadbill swordfish (Mekajiki) Nigiri sushi Characteristics: Broadbill swordfish (Mekajiki) is distributed throughout the world in temperate to tropical waters. It inhabits the surface and mid-oceanic waters of the open ocean. It is the largest of the swordfish species, reaching a total length of 5 meters. The upper crocodile…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"jetpack-portfolio-type":[166],"jetpack-portfolio-tag":[18],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/5036"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5036"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/5036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8043,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/5036\/revisions\/8043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-type?post=5036"},{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-tag?post=5036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}