| Kanji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|
| 鮭 | さけ | サケ |
Pronunciation: Sake / Saamon
How to Say It Outloud: sa-ke / saa-mon
Usage: 鮭 (sake) is used to refer to salmon in a culinary context, while サーモン (saamon) is used when referring to salmon as a fish type or in Western cuisine.
Example Sentence Japanese:
夕食に鮭を焼きました。
夕食に鮭を焼きました。Example Sentence English:I grilled salmon for dinner.
I grilled salmon for dinner.Dictionary
鮭さけCommon word
Noun- salmon (Salmonidae spp.)
- chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
鱒の介ますのすけ
Noun- chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha); king salmon; tyee salmon; Columbia River salmon; black salmon; chub salmon; hook bill salmon; winter salmon; spring salmon; quinnat salmon; blackmouth
- Chinook salmon
秋味あきあじ
Noun- salmon (esp. salmon swimming upstream in the autumn)
- salted salmon
サーモンサーモンCommon word
Noun- salmon
鮎あゆCommon word
Noun- sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
- salmon
- Ayu
曙色あけぼのいろ
Noun- salmon (color, colour); pink with a yellow tinge
東雲色しののめいろ
Noun- salmon (color, colour); pink with a yellow tinge; color of daybreak
樺太鱒からふとます
Noun- pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha); humpback salmon
- Pink salmon
銀鮭ぎんざけ
Noun- coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutsh); silver salmon
- Coho salmon
紅鮭べにざけ
Noun- sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka); red salmon
- Sockeye salmon
スモークサーモンスモークサーモン
Noun- smoked salmon
- Smoked salmon
鮭缶さけかん
Noun- canned salmon; tinned salmon
生鮭なまざけ
Noun- fresh salmon; unsalted salmon
- raw salmon
石狩鍋いしかりなべ
Noun- Ishikari stew; salmon stew; salmon and vegetable stew with miso and butter
荒巻あらまき
Noun- salted salmon; fish wrapped in (bamboo) leaves
鼠鮫ねずみざめ
Noun- salmon shark (species of North Pacific mackerel shark, Lamna ditropis)
- Salmon shark
皐月鱒さつきます
Noun- sea-run variety of red-spotted masu trout (subspecies of cherry salmon, Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae); red-spotted masu salmon
- Satsukimasu salmon
大西洋鮭たいせいようさけ
Noun- Atlantic salmon (Salmo salmar)
- Atlantic salmon
桜鱒さくらます
Noun- masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)
- Oncorhynchus masou
山女やまめ
Noun- landlocked masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou masou)
- Seema
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