山椒魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	椒	魚
さん Grade: 1	しょう Hyōgai	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): [sã̠ɰ̃ɕo̞ːɯ̟o̞]

Noun

山(さん)椒(しょう)魚(うお) or 山椒魚(サンショウウオ) • (sanshōuo) ^{←さんせううを (sanseuuwo) or サンセウウヲ (sanseuuwo)^?}

a primitive salamander; a cryptobranchoid

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN