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Japanese
Alternative spellings
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鰶 鮗 鯯 鱅
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Etymology
From Old Japanese.
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Pronunciation
Noun
このしろ or コノシロ • (konoshiro)
- 鰶, 鮗, 鯯, 鱅: dotted gizzard shad, Konosirus punctatus
Usage notes
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as コノシロ.
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN