シーバス

Japanese

Alternative spelling
スィーバス (very rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from English sea bass.[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) シーバス [shíꜜìbàsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɕiːba̠sɨᵝ]

Noun

シーバス • (shībasu)

sea bass

Usage notes

Chiefly used in fishing and market contexts. In everyday Japanese, the following native Japanese terms are used instead.

Hyponyms

鱸(スズキ) (suzuki): sea bass, Japanese sea bass (Lateolabrax japonicus)
鮬(セイゴ) (seigo): a Japanese sea bass that is under 30cm (1ft)
ヨーロッパ鱸(スズキ) (yōroppa suzuki): European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

References

Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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