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ナメタガレイ (なめたがれい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ナメタガレイ

な

め

た

が

れ

い

Meanings

1

noun

slime flounder

usually written using kana alone

A righteye flounder (Microstomus achne) found in the Northwest Pacific. Also known as 婆婆鰈 (ババガレイ).

See also: 婆婆鰈

北ほっ海かい道どうではナメタガレイがよく獲とれる。
Slime flounder is often caught in Hokkaido.

ナメタガレイ

は

煮に

付つ

け

に

する

と

美味おい

しい

。

Slime flounder is delicious when simmered in soy sauce.

Written forms

ナメタガレイ
kana-only spelling
Standard katakana spelling for this fish name.
滑なめ多た鰈がれい
Ateji spelling; rarely used. The fish is almost always written in kana.

Kanji

滑slippery, slide, slip
多many, frequent, much
鰈sole, flatfish, flounder

Similar words

婆ば婆ば鰈がれい
Another name for the same fish (Microstomus achne). ナメタガレイ is the more common name.

Etymology

The name likely derives from 滑 (name, 'slippery') and 多 (ta, 'many') combined with 鰈 (karei, 'flounder'), referring to the fish's slimy skin. The exact origin is uncertain.