Word Meaning 頬白鮫

ほおじろざめ hoojirozame

頬白鮫 is read as ほおじろざめ (hoojirozame) and means great white shark.

Meaning

English

  1. great white shark
  2. white pointer (Carcharodon carcharias)

Reading

Kana

ほおじろざめ

Romaji

hoojirozame

Writing Variants

  • 頬白鮫 ほほじろざめ hohojirozame

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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頬白

ほおじろ

meadow bunting (species of passerine, Emberiza cioides)

頬白鴨

ほおじろがも

common goldeneye (species of duck, Bucephala clangula)

大目白鮫

おおめじろざめ

bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)

尾黒目白鮫

おぐろめじろざめ

blacktail reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, species of Indo-Pacific requiem shark)

目白鮫

めじろざめ

sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)

黒縁目白鮫

くろへりめじろざめ

copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes)

ペレス目白鮫

ぺれすめじろざめ

Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii, species of requiem shark found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil)

白撞木鮫

しろしゅもくざめ

smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena, species of hammerhead shark)

深山頬白

みやまほおじろ

yellow-throated bunting (Emberiza elegans)

雪頬白

ゆきほおじろ

snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)

狐の子は頬白

きつねのこはつらじろ

like father, like son

つら

cheek meat