出世魚

Japanese
Kanji in this term
出 世 魚
しゅつ > しゅっ
Grade: 1		 せ
Grade: 3		 うお
Grade: 2
on’yomi kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 出世(しゅっせ) (shusse, “advancement, development, success in one's life”) + 魚(うお) (uo, “fish”).[1][2][3]

First cited in the 1949 novel 父　その死 (Chichi - Sono Shi, “Father: His Death”), by Aya Kōda.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しゅっせ​うお [shùsséꜜùò] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ɕɨᵝsːe̞ɯ̟ᵝo̞]

Noun

出(しゅっ)世(せ)魚(うお) • (shusse-uo) ←しゆつせうを (syutuse-wo)?

  1. [from 1940s] a fish whose popular appellation changes depending on its maturity

References
  1. “出世魚”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “出世魚”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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