雑魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雑	魚
ざこ
Grade: 5	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
雜魚 (kyūjitai) 雑喉

Alternative forms

ざぁこ (zāko) - interjection associated with the fictional メスガキ (mesugaki) trope

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ざこ [záꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡za̠ko̞]

(Tokyo) じゃこ [jáꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑa̠ko̞]

IPA^(key): [iza̠ko̞]

Noun

雑魚(ざこ) or 雑魚(じゃこ) or 雑魚(いざこ) or 雑魚(ざっこう) or 雑魚(ざっこ) or 雑魚(ざこう) • (zako or jako or izako or zakkō or zakko or zakō)

small fry; small, worthless fishes, Coarse fishes with low market value
(by analogy) a weak or useless person

Usage notes

Readings 4, 5, and 6 are all obsolete.

Derived terms

雑魚寝(ざこね) (zakone)
縮緬雑魚(ちりめんざこ) (chirimen zako)
雑魚(ざこ)キャラ (zako kyara)
雑魚(ざこ)キャラクター (zako kyarakutā)

Descendants

→ Chinese: 雜魚／杂鱼

References

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

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