虎鮫
Japanese
Kanji in this term
虎
鮫
とら
Grade: S
さめ > ざめ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Etymology
虎
(
tora
,
“
tiger
”
)
+
鮫
(
same
,
“
shark
”
)
Noun
虎
(
とら
)
鮫
(
ざめ
)
or
虎鮫
(
トラザメ
)
• (
torazame
)
a
cloudy catshark
Usage notes
Not to be confused with
鼬鮫
(
itachizame
,
“
tiger shark
”
, literally
“
weasel
shark
”
)
,
猫鮫
(
nekozame
,
“
Japanese bullhead shark
”
, literally
“
cat
shark
”
)