沖醤蝦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
沖	醤	蝦
おき Grade: 4	あみ
	Hyōgaiji	Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi	jukujikun

Alternative spelling
沖醬蝦 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 沖 (oki, “open sea”) +‎ 醤蝦 (ami, “opossum shrimp”). 醤蝦 is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おきあみ [òkíámí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞kʲia̠mʲi]

Noun

沖(おき)醤蝦(あみ) or 沖醤蝦(オキアミ) • (okiami) 

1. a krill