jinbeezame ジンベエザメ

Translation

jinbeezame means "Whale Shark" in English.

jinbeezame is normally written with katakana, as ジンベエザメ.
jinbeezame written with hiragana is じんべえざめ.

jinbeezame written with kanji is 甚兵衛鮫.
This word contains non-jouyou kanji 常用漢字.

same さめ becomes zame ざめ in this word because of a change in pronunciation called rendaku.
jinbee is a gikun 義訓 reading for 甚兵衛 in this word.

jinbee 甚兵衛, or jinbei, is a kind of traditional informal Japanese summer clothes. The Whale Shark is named after them because the pattern of its ridges is similar to the pattern found in jinbee.^[1]

jinbeizame ジンベイザメ.

Scientific name: Rhincodon typus.

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