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Originally Posted by chiappa
cool thread! my question is simple but very important to me=)
What do you call a tentacle of an octopus in Japanese?
The only definition I could find in the dictionary is: 触手 (しょくしゅ）but i heard from someone it would be called just 蛸の足 (たこのあし).
whaddaya think? thanks a lot!
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It isn't a question of what someone thinks. You either know it or don't know it.
In our daily lives, everyone uses あし. Don't use 触手 when discussing octopuses as food; Reserve the term for your biology class.