出世魚

出世魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
出	世	魚
しゅつ > しゅっ Grade: 1	せ Grade: 3	うお Grade: 2
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 出世(しゅっせ) (shusse, “advancement, development, success in one's life”) + 魚(うお) (uo, “fish”).[1][2][3]

First cited in the 1949 novel 父　その死 (Chichi - Sono Shi, “Father: His Death”), by Aya Kōda.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しゅっせ​うお [shùsséꜜùò] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
• IPA^(key): [ɕɨᵝsːe̞ɯ̟ᵝo̞]

Noun

出(しゅっ)世(せ)魚(うお) • (shusse-uo) ^{←しゆつせうを (syutuse-uwo)?}

1. [from 1940s] a fish whose popular appellation changes depending on its maturity

References

1. “出世魚”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. “出世魚”, in デジタル大辞泉 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN