| Kanji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|
| 鮫 | さめ | サメ |
Pronunciation: same
How to Say It Outloud: sah-meh
Usage: The word サメ can be used in both casual and formal contexts to refer to sharks.
Example Sentence Japanese:
海で大きなサメを見ました。
海で大きなサメを見ました。Example Sentence English:I saw a large shark in the sea.
I saw a large shark in the sea.Dictionary
鮫さめCommon word
Noun- shark
- Shark
鰐わに
Noun- crocodile; alligator
- shark
- Wani
- Crocodilia
アオナギアオナギ
Noun- shark (esp. the blue shark, Prionace glauca)
鱶ふか
Noun- (large) shark
シャークシャーク
Noun- shark
大瀬おおせ
Noun- Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus, species of carpet shark); Japanese carpet shark; fringe shark
- Japanese wobbegong
爪白つまじろ
Noun- silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus, a requiem shark found throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans)
- Tsumajiro
- Silvertip shark
黒尖鮫くろとがりざめ
Noun- silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis, species of circumtropical requiem shark)
- Silky shark
印度撞木鮫インドしゅもくざめ
Noun- winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii, species of Indo-West Pacific hammerhead shark)
- Winghead shark
尾長鮫おながざめ
Noun- thresher shark (esp. the common thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus)
- Common thresher
鮫皮さめがわ
Noun- shagreen (from a shark or stingray); sharkskin; shark leather
- Shagreen
鎧鮫よろいざめ
Noun- kitefin shark (Dalatias licha); seal shark
- Kitefin shark
シルバーシャークシルバーシャーク
Noun- silver shark (Balantiocheilos melanopterus); Bala shark; tricolor shark; shark minnow
- Bala shark
花鮫はなざめ
Noun- spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna); long-nose grey shark
- Spinner shark
葦切鮫よしきりざめ
Noun- blue shark (Prionace glauca, species of circumglobal requiem shark)
- Blue shark
鋸鮫のこぎりざめ
Noun- saw shark (esp. the Japanese saw shark, Pristiophorus japonicus)
- Sawshark
達磨鮫だるまざめ
Noun- cookie-cutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis); cigar shark
- Cookiecutter shark
猫鮫ねこざめ
Noun- bullhead shark (esp. the Japanese bullhead shark, Heterodontus japonicus)
- Japanese bullhead shark
鼠鮫ねずみざめ
Noun- salmon shark (species of North Pacific mackerel shark, Lamna ditropis)
- Salmon shark
端黒つまぐろ
Noun- blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus, species of requiem shark mostly found in the Indo-Pacific)
Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
- black tip
- Blacktip reef shark
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