達磨鮫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
達 磨 鮫
Grade: 4 Grade: S さめ > ざめ
Hyōgai
irregular on'yomi kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 達磨 (Daruma, “Dharma, Bodhidharma”) +‎ 鮫 (same, “shark”). The same changes to zame as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [da̠ɾɯ̟ma̠za̠me̞]

Noun

達磨鮫(だるまざめ) or 達磨鮫(ダルマザメ) • (darumazame) 

  1. Isistius brasiliensis: the cookiecutter shark, also called the cigar shark
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