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A5 Noun

(さけ)salmon (Salmonidae spp.), chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

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    1. Noun

      1. 1.

        salmon (Salmonidae spp.)

      2. 2.

        chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)

    All Forms

    鮭 【さけ】鮭 【しゃけ】サケシャケ

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    • (さけ)のお(はら)にある(たまご)がイクラだ。

      The eggs in the belly of the salmon are called ikura.

      • (くま)(かわ)()(さけ)(つか)まえて()べました。

        A bear caught and ate a salmon swimming upstream.

        • (さけ)(きた)太平洋(たいへいよう)(ひろ)回遊(かいゆう)していると()きました。

          I heard that salmon migrate widely in the North Pacific.

          • あの(そむ)(がわ)(らく)青色(あおいろ)(はら)(がわ)(ぎん)白色(はくしょく)(さかな)(さけ)でしょう。

            That fish with a dark blue back and silvery-white belly is probably a salmon.

            • (さけ)産卵(さんらん)()になると(ゆう)の吻(*)がカギ(じょう)(きょく)がると()いたことがある。

              I've heard that during the spawning season, the male salmon's snout curves into a hook shape.

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