青鮫

青鮫

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) ferocious sea fish

Compound of 青 (ao, “blue”) +‎ 鮫 (same, “shark”).[1][2][3] The same changes to zame as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あおざめ [àózámé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [a̠o̞za̠me̞]

青鮫 (hiragana あおざめ, katakana アオザメ, rōmaji aozame, historical hiragana あをざめ, historical katakana アヲザメ)

1. a shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as アオザメ.

Not to be confused with 葦切鮫 (yoshikirizame, “blue shark”)

• 化 (ばけ)青 (あお)鮫 (ざめ) (bakeaozame)