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Grade 9

Meanings

salmon trout

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ソン
セン
ザン
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
ます

Common Words

マス
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #61850
1

trout; sea trout

Examples
彼らは川でマスを釣った。
They fished the stream for trout.
虹鱒
ニジマス
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #181039
1

rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Examples
これでこの一画は少なくとも20匹ニジマスがいるわけだ。
So now there are at least 20 rainbow trout in this area.
国鱒
クニマス
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #186396
1

Oncorhynchus nerka kawamurae (rare Japanese subspecies of sockeye salmon)

河鱒
カワマス
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #233361
1

brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)

にます
Noun
Freq #251818
1

sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

姫鱒
ヒメマス
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #261124
1

kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)

琵琶鱒
ビワマス
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #273523
1

biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus); biwa salmon

雨鱒
アメマス
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #274734
1

white-spotted char (Salvelinus leucomaenis leucomaenis); Japanese char

しおます
Noun
Freq #276262
1

salted mackerel

樺太鱒
カラフトマス
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #276994
1

pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha); humpback salmon

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