Vocab Info

A5 Noun

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

    Dictionary Definition

    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(なか)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)(のぼ)(さけ)(つか)まえて()べました。

      A bear caught and ate a salmon swimming upstream.

    • (さけ)北太平洋(きたたいへいよう)(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.

    • あの背側(はいそく)(くら)青色(あおいろ)腹側(ふくそく)銀白色(ぎんぱくしょく)(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)産卵期(さんらんき)になると(おす)(ふん)がカギ(じょう)()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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