English–Japanese
“salmon” in Japanese
How to say “salmon” in Japanese
“Salmon” in Japanese is 鮭 (sake).
Names a fish that spends much of its life in the sea and swims upstream to freshwater rivers to spawn.
Example sentences with 鮭
おにぎりの具に鮭を使います。o ni gi ri no gu ni sake o tsuka i ma su
I use salmon as a filling for rice balls.
Tips for using 鮭
- English uses salmon in the phrase salmon run for the seasonal movement of salmon upstream to reproduce, linking the word with a well-known natural event.
Other Japanese words for “salmon”
昼ご飯にサーモンを食べます。hiru go han ni sā mo n o ta be ma su
I eat salmon for lunch.