縮緬雑魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縮 緬 雑 魚
ちり
Grade: 6 		めん
Hyōgai 		じゃ
Grade: 5 		こ
Grade: 2
irregular on'yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
縮緬雜魚 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 縮緬(ちりめん) (chirimen, “crepe”) + 雑魚(じゃこ) (jako, “small fish”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちりめんじゃこ [chìríméń jáꜜkò] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕiɾʲime̞ɲ̟ d͡ʑa̠ko̞]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕiɾʲime̞n d͡za̠ko̞]

Noun

縮(ちり)緬(めん)雑(じゃ)魚(こ) or 縮緬雑魚(ちりめんざこ) • (chirimen jako or chirimen zako) 

  1. dried whitebait
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