山椒魚

Japanese
Kanji in this term
山 椒 魚
さん
Grade: 1		 しょう
Hyōgaiji		 うお
Grade: 2
kan’on on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
鯢

Etymology

山(さん)椒(しょう) (sanshō, “Japanese pepper”) + 魚(うお) (uo, “fish”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さんしょ​ーうお [sàńshóꜜòùò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [sã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞ːɯ̟ᵝo̞]

Noun

山(さん)椒(しょう)魚(うお) • (sanshōuo) ←さんせううを (sanseuwo)?

  1. a primitive salamander

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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