根付き魚

Japanese
Kanji in this term
根 付 魚
ね
Grade: 3		 つ
Grade: 4		 うお
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 根付き (netsuki, “rooted”, in reference to where the fish tend to live) +‎ 魚 (uo, “fish”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ねつき​うお [nètsúkíꜜùò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ne̞t͡sɨᵝkʲiɯ̟ᵝo̞]

Noun

根(ね)付(つ)き魚(うお) • (netsukiuo) ←ねつきうを (netukiwo)?

  1. a non-migratory fish that lives among the roots of seaweed or coral

Synonyms

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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