basking shark
Rare term for the basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus). The more common Japanese name is ウバザメ.
See also: ウバザメ
Bakazame is known as another name for the basking shark.
Kanji spelling using 馬鹿 (fool) + 鮫 (shark); rare and mainly found in older or specialized texts.
Mixed kanji-katakana spelling; also rare.
Katakana spelling is the most common way to write this word in modern Japanese.
The name likely derives from 馬鹿 (fool) + 鮫 (shark), possibly referring to the shark's harmless, slow-moving nature, but the exact origin is uncertain.