鬢長

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鬢	長
びん Hyōgai	なが Grade: 2
jūbakoyomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) びんなが [bìńnágá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [bʲĩnːa̠ɡa̠]

Noun

鬢(びん)長(なが) or 鬢長(ビンナガ) • (binnaga)

albacore, longfin tuna (Thunnus alalunga)
Synonym: 蜻蛉鮪 (tonbo-shibi)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ビンナガ (binnaga).

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“^▲鬢長”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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