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    3. 鯛

    鯛

    鯛タイ

    sea bream (esp. Pagrus major)

    KMT10News #30+1CoreRef L1NounFood & DiningAnimalsKanji Vocab19 strokes

    タイたい

    Noun

    1.
    sea bream (esp. Pagrus major), porgy
    word usually written using kana alone

    Stroke 0 / 19

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    鯛タイは美お味いしい魚さかなだ。

    Sea bream is a delicious fish.

    KMT8Food & DiningAnimals
    お祝いわいの席せきには、よく鯛タイの塩しお焼やきが出だされる。

    Salt-grilled sea bream is often served at celebratory occasions.

    KMT10Food & DiningCulture & Traditions
    天てん然ねんの鯛タイは養よう殖しょくものに比くらべて、身みが引ひき締しまっていて風ふう味みが豊ゆたかだ。

    Compared to farmed sea bream, wild sea bream has firmer flesh and richer flavor.

    KMT10Food & DiningAnimals
    鯛タイめしは、愛え媛ひめ県けんの郷きょう土ど料りょう理りとして有ゆう名めいだ。

    Tai-meshi (sea bream rice) is famous as a local dish of Ehime Prefecture.

    KMT10Food & DiningCulture & Traditions
    鯛タイは日に本ほんの沿えん岸がんに広ひろく生せい息そくしており、釣つり人びとに人にん気きがある。

    Sea bream inhabit a wide area along the Japanese coast and are popular among anglers.

    KMT10AnimalsNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    鯛
    たい…(1)
    sea bream・red snapper
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