金石魚
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Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Kanji in this term | ||
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金 | 石 | 魚 |
きぐち | ||
Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 | Grade: 2 |
irregular |
Possibly from 黄 (ki, “yellow”) and グチ (guchi, “Nibea, croaker”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- redlip croaker, yellow corvina, yellow croaker, Larimichthys polyactis (a species of marine fish)
Usage notes
[edit]As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as キグチ.
Etymology 2
[edit]Kanji in this term | ||
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金 | 石 | 魚 |
きん Grade: 1 |
ぐち | |
Grade: 1 | Grade: 2 | |
irregular |
Possibly from 金 (kin, “gold, golden”) and グチ (guchi, “Nibea, croaker”). Compare 金魚 (kingyo, “goldfish”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- synonym of 金石魚 (kiguchi)
References
[edit]- “キグチ”, in 日本大百科全書:ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”)[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 1984
- “金石魚”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
Further reading
[edit]- Larimichthys polyactis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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