真ま烏賊いか

noun

Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid

The most common squid species in Japanese waters, widely used in cuisine. Scientific name: Todarodes pacificus.

See also: スルメイカ

• マイカは刺さし身みや天てんぷらにして食たべられる。

  Japanese common squid is eaten as sashimi or tempura.

• 真ま烏賊いかは日本にほん近きん海かいで多おおく漁ぎょ獲かくされる。

  Pacific flying squid is caught in large numbers in the seas around Japan.

noun

golden cuttlefish

A cuttlefish species, Sepia esculenta, also known as 甲烏賊. Less common than the squid sense.

See also: 甲烏賊

• 甲こう烏賊いかは真ま烏賊いかとは別べつの種しゅ類るいで、甲こうを持もつ。

  The golden cuttlefish is a different species from the Japanese common squid and has a cuttlebone.

noun

Japanese spineless cuttlefish

A small cuttlefish species, Sepiella japonica, also called 尻焼烏賊. Rare in everyday language.

See also: シリヤケイカ

• 尻しり焼やけ烏賊いかは真ま烏賊いかの一いっ種しゅとされることがあるが、分ぶん類るい上じょうは異ことなる。

  The Japanese spineless cuttlefish is sometimes considered a type of 真烏賊, but it is taxonomically distinct.