マグロ
Meanings
Refers to tuna fish, especially the Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis). Commonly used in food contexts.
Tonight's dinner is tuna sashimi.
I bought fresh tuna at the market.
Vulgar slang for a person who is unresponsive or passive during sex, likened to a dead fish.
She was like a dead fish, so boring.
body of a person struck by a train
Slang used among railway workers and in news reporting to refer to a human body after being hit by a train.
A report came over the radio that a body was on the tracks.
person unconscious due to alcohol
Slang for someone who has passed out from drinking too much, lying motionless like a tuna.
He passed out drunk at the party and became a 'tuna'.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉で鮪を釣るto catch tuna (at a place)
I caught a big tuna out in the Pacific.
- 鮪になるto pass out dead drunk (slang)
He drank too much and passed out cold.
- 鮪みたいだto be unresponsive like a 'dead fish' (slang, of a person during sex)
People often say she's totally unresponsive, like a dead fish.
- 鮪を解体するto butcher/cut up a (whole) tuna
I watched a show where they butchered a whole tuna at the market.