Illustration: At a neighborhood fish shop, a fishmonger holds a large salmon horizontally above a chilled tray. Its silvery flanks, dark speckled back, and small adipose fin are clearly visible. Directly below lie thick salmon steaks with recognizable flesh and pale fat lines, beside a long skin-on fillet.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

鮭さけ

sake

salmon

Also commonly read しゃけ. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしの好すきな魚さかなは鮭さけです。

    My favorite fish is salmon.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 「今日きょうの晩ばんご飯はん、なに？」「鮭さけを焼やこうかな」

    "What’s for dinner tonight?" "I’m thinking of making grilled salmon."

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ご飯はんの上うえにイクラ、鮭さけの切きり身みを盛もってできあがり。

    Salmon roe and salmon fillet are placed on top of rice, and the dish is complete.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 鮭

  • 鮭salmonOnカイ・ケイKunさけ・しゃけ・ふぐ

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