Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
びん
Hyōgaiji
なが
Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi
 
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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(びん)(なが) or 鬢長(ビンナガ) (binnaga

  1. albacore, longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga)

Usage notes edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN