See also: 青鲛

Chinese

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green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.) shark
trad. (青鮫)
simp. (青鲛)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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青鮫

  1. a porbeagle shark (clarification of this definition is needed)

Japanese

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青鮫 (aozame): a shortfin mako shark.
Kanji in this term
あお
Grade: 1
さめ > ざめ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
靑鮫 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Compound of (ao, blue) +‎ (same, shark).[1][2][3] The same changes to zame as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(あお)(ざめ) or 青鮫(アオザメ) (aozameあをざめ (awozame) or アヲザメ (awozame)?

  1. a shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus

Usage notes

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As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アオザメ.

Not to be confused with 葦切鮫 (yoshikirizame, blue shark)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN