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鮭: salmon

salmon
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Readings

On
カイ・ケイ
Kun
さけ・しゃけ・ふぐ

Read さけ; in casual speech and on menus also しゃけ, as in 鮭おにぎり.

Key words

鮭さけsalmon
塩鮭しおざけsalted salmon
鮭茶漬けさけちゃづけrice with tea and salmon
鮭しゃけsalmon (casual)

Example sentences

When autumn comes, salmon return to the river.

My mother put a slice of salted salmon in my lunchbox.

I got hungry in the middle of the night, so I made salmon ochazuke and ate it.

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