では、答を発表しますね～！
OK, let me give you the answers now.
１番はどうも簡単すぎたようですね。
答は鯖（saba）(mackerel) です。
魚へんに青いと書いて鯖です。背中の色が青いからこういう漢字になったんでしょうね。
正解した皆さん、おめでとうございま～す！特にMikawa Ossanに大拍手をおくりたいと思います～！
Looks like #1 was too easy for you.
The answer is mackerel (鯖).
Please take a close look at the kanji. It's 魚(fish) and 青(blue).
The kanji for mackerel(saba) is a combination of the kanji fish and blue, because the color of the mackerel is blue. The people who got the right answer, congrats! Especially Mikawa Ossan, I would like to send you a biiig applause!
では２番！
Now, #2!
Originally Posted by Mikawa Ossan
２番目はなんだろうなぁ・・・・ もしかして、平たい魚かな？
はい、そうそう、平たい魚です。もう皆さんわかりましたね？
通常はカタカナで書くんだと思いますが、平目と書くこともあると思います。
そうです、２番の答えはヒラメ。
辞書を見たら英語ではflatfish, flounder, sole, brill とたくさんの呼び名が付いていました
けど、どれが一番一般的なんでしょうね。
Originally Posted by Mikawa Ossan
I'm wondering what the second one is....
Maybe it's some flat shaped fish?
Yeeees, it's a flat shaped fish. Now I guess everyone got the answer, don't you? It's commonly written in katakana, or sometimes with the jyou-you-kanji 平目 but this kanji of the combination of 魚(fish) and 平(taira = means "flat") is also OK to use. So the answer for #2 is ヒラメ(hirame)
Now, let me introduce a yunomi-jawan (湯飲み茶碗)(a cup that Japanese people usually drink green tea with) with lots of kanji with "sakana-hen". Those are mostly found in sushi restaurants and sometimes they give them to their customers, but I sometimes see them a stores as well.
Maybe this can make a good gift for the people who are learning Japanese, don't you think?
