落鮎

Japanese

Kanji in this term
落	鮎
おち Grade: 3	あゆ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
落ち鮎

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おちあゆ [òchíáꜜyù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
(Tokyo) おちあゆ [òchíáyú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞t͡ɕia̠jɯ̟]

Noun

落(おち)鮎(あゆ) • (ochiayu)

ayu that is descending the river in autumn in order to spawn

Synonyms

下(くだ)り鮎(あゆ) (kudariayu)
錆鮎(さびあゆ) (sabiayu)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN