- benizake sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), red salmon
Learners encounter 紅鮭 mainly on menus or in fish markets, as it is a specific, slightly formal term for sockeye salmon.
紅鮭の切り身を焼いて夕食にした。
Benizake no kirimi o yaite yūshoku ni shita.
I grilled a fillet of sockeye salmon for dinner.
この紅鮭は北海道産です。
Kono benizake wa Hokkaidō-san desu.
This sockeye salmon is from Hokkaido.
⚖️ Not to be confused with 銀鮭 (ginzake), which is coho salmon and has a milder, less red flesh.
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