Word Meaning 秋刀魚

さんま samma

秋刀魚 is read as さんま (samma) and means Pacific saury (Cololabis saira).

Meaning

English

Pacific saury (Cololabis saira)
mackerel pike

Reading

Kana

さんま

Romaji

samma

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 126111 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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秋田蕗

あきたぶき

Japanese butterbur (Petasites japonicus subsp. giganteus)

秋葉原通り魔事件

あきはばらとおりまじけん

Akihabara massacre (June 8, 2008)

秋葉系

あきばけい

Akihabara style

秋葉原無差別殺傷事件

あきはばらむさべつさっしょうじけん

Akihabara massacre (June 8, 2008)

秋暑

しゅうしょ

lingering heat (in autumn)

秋興

しゅうきょう

the pleasantness of autumn

秋田看護福祉大学

あきたかんごふくしだいがく

Akita University of Nursing and Welfare

秋明菊

しゅうめいぎく

Japanese anemone

秋茄子は嫁に食わすな

あきなすはよめにくわすな

don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility)

秋田蘭画

あきたらんが

Akita ranga

秋津

あきつ

dragonfly

秋の日は釣瓶落とし

あきのひはつるべおとし

the autumn sun sets as quickly as a bucket dropping into a well

Example Sentences

日本の秋の味覚といえば、皆さんは何を思い浮かべますか？私は何といっても秋刀魚です。

When you think of fall delicacies in Japan, what comes to mind? To me, it's mackerel pike.