Japanese symbol for “shad”
アロサ
アロサ
Romaji: arosa
shad (Alosa spp.); river herring
In Japanese, shad is アロサ (arosa).
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Meanings
- n shad (Alosa spp.); river herring
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.