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マスノスケ (ますのすけ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

マスノスケ

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Meanings

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noun

chinook salmon; king salmon

usually written using kana alone

A species of Pacific salmon; the name is used in Japanese for the fish itself and in culinary contexts.

マスノスケは北きた太たい平へい洋ようで獲とれる大おお型がたのサケです。
The chinook salmon is a large salmon caught in the North Pacific.
この寿す司しにはマスノスケが使つかわれている。
This sushi uses chinook salmon.

Written forms

マスノスケUsage100%
kana-only spelling
Common katakana spelling; usually written in kana.
鱒ますの介すけ
Ateji kanji spelling; rarely used in practice.
鱒ます之の介すけ
Alternate ateji kanji spelling; rarely used.

Kanji

鱒salmon trout

介jammed in, shellfish, mediate

之of, this

Similar words

サーモン
サーモン is a general term for salmon, often used for Atlantic salmon or salmon as food. マスノスケ refers specifically to the chinook species.
キングサーモン
キングサーモン is a direct loan from English 'king salmon' and refers to the same fish, but マスノスケ is the more traditional Japanese name.

Etymology

The reading ますのすけ is a native Japanese name for the chinook salmon. The kanji 鱒の介 and 鱒之介 are ateji (phonetic equivalents) and not etymologically related to the meaning.