目白鮫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
目	白	鮫
め Grade: 1	しろ > じろ Grade: 1	さめ > ざめ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

目白 (mejiro, “Japanese white-eye”) +‎ 鮫 (same, “shark”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) めじろざめ [mèjíróꜜzàmè] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [me̞ʑiɾo̞za̠me̞]

Noun

目(め)白(じろ)鮫(ざめ) or 目白鮫(メジロザメ) • (mejirozame)

a sandbar shark

Derived terms

大(オオ)目(メ)白(ジロ)鮫(ザメ) (ōmejirozame)

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