年魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年 魚
ねん
Grade: 1		 ぎょ
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

年 (nen, “year”) +‎ 魚 (gyo, “fish”)

Pronunciation

Noun

年魚 (hiragana ねんぎょ, rōmaji nengyo, historical hiragana ねんぎよ)

  1. fish with a lifespan of less than a year
  2. sweetfish

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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