マグロ

noun

tuna

Refers to tuna fish, especially the Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis). Commonly used in food contexts.

• 今こん夜やの夕ゆう食しょくはマグロの刺さし身みだ。

  Tonight's dinner is tuna sashimi.

• 市いち場ばで新しん鮮せんなマグロを買かった。

  I bought fresh tuna at the market.

noun

dead fish; starfish

Vulgar slang for a person who is unresponsive or passive during sex, likened to a dead fish.

• 彼かの女じょ、マグロみたいでつまらなかったよ。

  She was like a dead fish, so boring.

noun

body of a person struck by a train

Slang used among railway workers and in news reporting to refer to a human body after being hit by a train.

• 線せん路ろにマグロが上あがったと無む線せんが入はいった。

  A report came over the radio that a body was on the tracks.

noun

person unconscious due to alcohol

Slang for someone who has passed out from drinking too much, lying motionless like a tuna.

• 飲のみ会かいで彼かれはマグロになってしまった。

  He passed out drunk at the party and became a 'tuna'.