ぶり

Japanese

Etymology 1
Alternative spelling
鰤

Pronunciation

Noun

ぶり or ブリ • (buri) ←ぶり (buri)?

  1. Japanese amberjack / yellowtail
    Hyponyms: はまち (hamachi, “young Japanese amberjack”), ぶり (buri, “adult Japanese amberjack”)
  2. adult Japanese amberjack
    Hypernym: ぶり (buri, “Japanese amberjack”)
    Coordinate term: はまち (hamachi, “young Japanese amberjack”)
Usage notes
  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
  • This fish has different names (出世魚) depending on regional dialect and the size of the fish. See ブリ on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja for a fuller list (in Japanese).

Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of ぶり – see the following entry.
【振り】
[suffix] after an interval of; the first time in
[suffix] way of doing
Alternative spelling
風
(This term, ぶり, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as ぶり, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぶり.)

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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