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クロヒラアジ

Meanings

1

noun

blue trevally; banded trevally; barred trevally

usually written using kana alone

A species of trevally (Carangoides ferdau) found in tropical waters. The name is usually written in katakana.

クロヒラアジは熱ねっ帯たいの海うみで見みられる魚さかなです。
The blue trevally is a fish found in tropical seas.
釣つり人びとがクロヒラアジを釣つり上あげた。
The angler caught a blue trevally.

Written forms

クロヒラアジ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this fish name; usually written in kana.
黒くろ平ひら鯵あじ
Kanji form exists but is rarely used; the fish is almost always written in kana.

Kanji

黒black
平even, flat, peace
鯵

horse mackerel

Etymology

The name combines 黒 (kuro, 'black'), 平 (hira, 'flat'), and 鯵 (aji, 'horse mackerel'), describing its appearance and relation to jacks. The exact origin is uncertain.