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ヨシキリザメ

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し

き

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ざ

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Meanings

1

noun

usually written using kana alone

A species of shark (Prionace glauca). The katakana name is the standard way to refer to this animal.

ヨシキリザメは世せ界かい中じゅうの温あたたかい海うみに生せい息そくしている。
Blue sharks inhabit warm seas around the world.

水すい

族ぞく

館かん

で

ヨシキリザメ

を

見み

た

。

I saw a blue shark at the aquarium.

Written forms

ヨシキリザメ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this species name; usually written in kana.
葦よし切きり鮫ざめ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Kanji

葦reed, bullrush
切cut, cutoff, be sharp
鮫shark

Etymology

The name ヨシキリザメ is a compound of 葦切 (よしきり, 'reed warbler') and 鮫 (さめ, 'shark'), but the exact motivation for the name is uncertain.