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あじさし
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. tern (esp. the common tern, Sterna hirundo)
Alt. forms
アジサシ
鰺
あじ
刺
さし
あじさし
鯵
あじ
刺
さし
鯵
あじ
刺
さ
し
鰺
あじ
刺
さ
し
Pitch accent
あ
じさし
Composed of
あじ
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
さし
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
きょく
あじさし
Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea)
こ
あじさし
little tern (the official bird of Chiba); sterna albifrons
べに
あじさし
roseate tern (Sterna dougallii)