柳葉魚 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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Kanji in this term
柳	葉	魚
シシャモ
Grade: S	Grade: 3	Grade: 2
jukujikun

From Ainu スサㇺ (susam),[1][2] presumably from スス (susu, “willow”) + ハㇺ (ham, “leaf”); due to the fish’s slender shape, similar to the shape of a willow leaf.

The kanji spelling is literally “willow leaf fish”.

(Tokyo) シシャモ [shìshámó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
IPA(key): [ɕiɕa̠mo̞]

柳葉魚(シシャモ) • (shishamo)

a Japanese smelt, Spirinchus lanceolatus
Hypernym: 鮭 (sake)

→ English: shishamo
→ Mandarin: 喜相逢
→ Hokkien: si-siá-mo͘h
胡瓜(キュウリ)魚(ウオ) (kyūriuo)
公魚(ワカサギ), 鰙(ワカサギ) (wakasagi)

^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN