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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

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Meanings

1

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: ババガレイ

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.

Kanji

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

Related 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.

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.

Etymology

The name refers to the fish’s conspicuously slimy surface and is also written 滑多鰈.