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Pet Medaka (Mini Fish)
Medaka is a freshwater fish about three centimeters long that is native to Japan. New species of pet medaka have been bred one after another, and now there are over 200 kinds. Compared to tropical fish they are relatively low maintenance and are so easy to keep that it is said that medaka enthusiasts outnumber goldfish enthusiasts.
メダカは
Medaka wa/ha
medaka
日本に
Nihon ni
to Japan
生息する
seisoku suru
(that) is native
体長3センチ
taichou san/3 senchi
three centimeters long
ほどの
hodo no
about
淡水魚
tansuigyo
(a) freshwater fish
です。
desu.
is
観賞用メダカは
Kanshouyou’medaka wa/ha
pet medaka
新品種が
shin’hinshu ga
new species (of)
続々と
zokuzoku to
one after another
生まれ、
umare,
have been bred and
今や
imaya
now
200種類を
nihyaku/200 shurui o/wo
two hundred kinds
超えています。
koete imasu.
there are over
熱帯魚
Nettaigyo
tropical fish
に比べて
ni kurabe te
compared to
手入れが簡単で
teire ga kantan de
(they) are (relatively) low maintenance and
飼いやすく、
kaiyasuku,
are so easy to keep that
メダカ愛好者の
medaka’aikousha no
medaka enthusiasts
人数は
ninzuu wa/ha
[number]
金魚愛好家を
kingyo’aikouka o/wo
goldfish enthusiasts
上回る
uwamawaru
outnumber
と
to
that
いわれます。
iwaremasu.
(it) is said
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