このしろ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
鰶鮗鯯鱅

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コノシロ

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Konosirus

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Etymology

From Old Japanese.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “First attestation of kanji spellings?”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) このしろ [kònóshíróꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[1]
(Tokyo) このしろ [kònóꜜshìrò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞no̞ɕiɾo̞]

Noun

このしろ or コノシロ • (konoshiro)

鰶, 鮗, 鯯, 鱅:^[2] dotted gizzard shad, Konosirus punctatus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as コノシロ.

Derived terms

燕(つばめ)鰶(このしろ) (tsubamekonoshiro, “threadfin, specifically striped threadfin”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

[NHK-1] 1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[2] Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

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