メダカ

noun

Japanese rice fish; medaka; killifish

A small freshwater fish native to Japan, often kept in aquariums and used in scientific research. The name is widely recognized even by children.

• 近きん所じょの田たんぼでメダカを見みつけた。

  I found some medaka in a nearby rice paddy.

• 子こ供どものころ、メダカを飼かっていた。

  When I was a child, I kept medaka.