出世魚

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
出 世 魚
しゅつ > しゅっ
Grade: 1 		せ
Grade: 3 		うお
Grade: 2
on’yomi kun’yomi
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Etymology[edit]

Compound of 出世(しゅっせ) (shusse, “advancement, development, success in one's life”) + 魚(うお) (uo, “fish”).[1][2][3]

First cited in the 1949 novel 父　その死 (Chichi - Sono Shi, “Father: His Death”), by Aya Kōda.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

出(しゅっ)世(せ)魚(うお) • (shusse-uo) ←しゆつせうを (syutuse-wo)?

  1. [from 1940s] a fish whose popular appellation changes depending on its maturity

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “出世魚”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ “出世魚”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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