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    3. 鮭

    鮭

    鮭さけ

    salmon (Salmonidae spp.)

    KMT10News #32+1Ref L1NounFood & DiningAnimalsKanji Vocab17 strokes

    さけしゃけサケシャケ

    Noun

    1.
    salmon (Salmonidae spp.)
    2.
    chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), dog salmon

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    鮭さけは美お味いしい魚さかなです。

    Salmon is a delicious fish.

    KMT3Food & Dining
    朝ちょう食しょくに焼やいた鮭さけを食たべました。

    I ate grilled salmon for breakfast.

    KMT5Food & DiningDaily Life
    鮭さけは川かわを遡そ上じょうして産さん卵らんします。

    Salmon swim upstream to spawn.

    KMT10AnimalsNature & Environment
    このレストランの鮭さけのムニエルは絶ぜっ品ぴんだ。

    The salmon meunière at this restaurant is exquisite.

    KMT10Food & Dining
    鮭さけの稚ち魚ぎょは海うみで成せい長ちょうし、数すう年ねん後ごに故こ郷きょうの川かわに戻もどる。

    Young salmon grow in the ocean and return to their home river several years later.

    KMT10AnimalsNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    鮭
    さけ・しゃけ・ふぐ…(2)
    salmon
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