Meaning

Primary

Sea Turtle

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A sea turtle is a sea turtle. Cowabunga!

Reading

うみがめ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is the kun'yomi readings of these kanji, put together. I suppose it's because it's like two separate words put together into one. That makes this word read as うみがめ, where the かめ gets rendaku'd.

Context

Context Sentences

その種の海亀は、絶滅の危機にあります。

That kind of sea turtle is in danger of extinction.

Kanji Composition