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Japanese borrowed it from Russian. https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9-30248 https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9-30248
by junar 5y ago
Japanese borrowed it from Russian.
https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9-30248 https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9-30248
- dang 5y agoHmm - the Google-translated version of that page says that Russian POWs in the Russo-Japanese war used salmon roe (i.e. ikura) as a substitute for caviar. Interesting—thanks!
- pvg 5y agoIt maybe makes a bit more sense when you consider 'икра' doesn't just mean caviar but alsо fish roe in general and is also applied even more broadly in entirely fishless things like 'икра балкажанная'