青鮫

See also: 青鲛

Chinese

green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.) shark
trad. (青鮫)
simp. (青鲛)

Pronunciation


Noun

青鮫

  1. a porbeagle shark (clarification of this definition is needed)

Japanese

青鮫 (aozame): a shortfin mako shark.
Kanji in this term
あお
Grade: 1
さめ > ざめ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
靑鮫 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of (ao, blue) + (same, shark).[1][2][3] The same changes to zame as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おざめ [àózámé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠o̞za̠me̞]

Noun

(あお)(ざめ) or 青鮫(アオザメ) • (aozame) あをざめ (awozame) or アヲザメ (awozame)?

  1. a shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アオザメ.

Not to be confused with 葦切鮫 (yoshikirizame, blue shark)

Derived terms

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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