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Meanings

shark

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
コウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
さめ
みずち

Common Words

Noun
Usually kana
Freq #23866
1

shark

Examples
サメがその男の足を噛み切った。
A shark snapped the man's leg off.
頬白鮫
ほほじろざめ
ホオジロザメ
ホホジロザメ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #94604
1

great white shark; white pointer (Carcharodon carcharias)

ジンベエザメ
甚兵衛鮫
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #96322
1

whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

ジンベイザメ
甚平鮫
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #111999
1

whale shark (Rhincodon typus)

鮫膚
めはだ
Noun
Freq #127941
1

rough skin (like that of a shark)

藪雨
藪鮫
ヤブサメ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #134783
1

Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)

小判鮫
んざめ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #142534
1

remora (any fish of family Echeneidae); suckerfish; sharksucker

2

live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)

人食い鮫
ひとくいザメ (人食いザメ)
ひとくいざめ (人食い鮫)
Noun
Freq #142861
1

man-eating shark (esp. great white shark)

蝶鮫
鱘魚
チョウザメ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #147478
1

sturgeon (esp. the green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris)

鼬鮫
いたちざめ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #159174
1

tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)

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