魚 介(ぎょかい)

ぎょかい

noun

seafood; fish and shellfish

1. seafood; fish and shellfish

A collective term for edible marine animals including fish, shellfish, crustaceans, and other aquatic creatures. Commonly used in food and culinary contexts.

新鮮(しんせん)な魚介(ぎょかい)を使(つか)った料理(りょうり)だ。

It's a dish made with fresh seafood.

この地域(ちいき)は魚介類(ぎょかいるい)が豊富(ほうふ)で有名(ゆうめい)だ。

This area is famous for its abundance of seafood.

市場(いちば)では地元(じもと)で獲(と)れた魚介(ぎょかい)が並(なら)び、観光客(かんこうきゃく)にも人気(にんき)がある。

Locally caught seafood is displayed at the market, and it's popular with tourists too.

Compound of 魚(ぎょ) (fish) + 介(かい) (shellfish). Often used in the extended form 魚介類(ぎょかいるい) (seafood, with the classifier 類(るい)).

Common collocations

魚介類(ぎょかいるい) (seafood, fish and shellfish)
魚介(ぎょかい)スープ (seafood soup)
魚介(ぎょかい)料理(りょうり) (seafood dish)
新鮮(しんせん)な魚介(ぎょかい) (fresh seafood)
魚介(ぎょかい)の盛(も)り合(あ)わせ (assorted seafood platter)

Usage

More formal and comprehensive than 海鮮(かいせん) (which also means seafood but is more colloquial and restaurant-oriented). 魚介(ぎょかい) includes not just fish and shellfish but also squid, octopus, shrimp, and seaweed in broader usage. The variant reading ぎょがい exists but ぎょかい is standard.

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