達磨鮫

Japanese
Kanji in this term
達 磨 鮫
Grade: 4 Grade: S さめ > ざめ
Hyōgaiji
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): [da̠ɾɯ̟ᵝma̠za̠me̞]

Noun

達磨鮫 (hiragana だるまざめ, katakana ダルマザメ, rōmaji darumazame)

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