also: すいしょう
seaweed (Codium fragile); green sea fingers; dead man's fingers
A green seaweed with a spongy texture, found in shallow waters. Known by many English common names; the Japanese name ミル is standard.
Miru is a seaweed often found on rocky shores.
Around here, we put miru in miso soup and eat it.
brown tinged with olive green
Salsola komarovii; saltwort species
mirugai clam; gaper clam (Tresus keenae)
mirugai clam; gaper clam
Katakana spelling is common for this seaweed name; usually written in kana.
Hiragana spelling, also used.
Kanji form; rarely used in modern Japanese. The reading みる is not obvious from the kanji.
Alternate kanji form with reading すいしょう; very rare.
The origin of the word みる is uncertain. The kanji 海松 and 水松 are likely ateji or descriptive compounds, but their historical derivation is unclear.