左鮃右鰈

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ひだり
Grade: 1
ひらめ
Hyōgai
みぎ
Grade: 1
かれい
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Literally, "left [is] olive flounder, right [is] righteye flounder."

Idiom

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(ひだり)(ひらめ)(みぎ)(かれい) (hidari hirame migi karei

  1. The way to distinguish an olive flounder from a righteye flounder. (ひらめ) (hirame, olive flounder) can be distinguished from (かれい) (karei, righteye flounder) by noting that the eyes of the former are on the left and the eyes of the latter are on the right.