年魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
年	魚
ねん Grade: 1	ぎょ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

年 (nen, “year”) +‎ 魚 (gyo, “fish”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ねんぎょ [néꜜǹgyò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [nẽ̞ŋʲɡʲo̞]

Noun

年(ねん)魚(ぎょ) • (nengyo) ^{←ねんぎよ (nengyo)^?}

fish with a lifespan of less than a year
sweetfish

Synonyms

(sweetfish): 鮎(あゆ) (ayu), 香魚(こうぎょ) (kōgyo)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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

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