goldfish (Carassius auratus)
merman; half man-half fish
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
fish sauce (made from fermented salted fish)
outline of a solitary fish (as seen through the water when fishing, etc.)
mysterious fish; strange fish
fish gong; fish wood block; temple block; round, hollow, wood block (vaguely fish-shaped, usu. with scales), struck while chanting sutras
fry; juvenile fish; fingerling
sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis); ayu
person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; mindless follower; (lit.) goldfish feces
ink rubbing of a fish; (making a) fish print; (taking a) fish impression; snapshot of a web page (to preserve its contents); archive
fish-shaped; fish-like; pisciform
fish with a human-looking face
migratory fish; straddling fish stocks
ocean fish; saltwater fish
fish dealer; fresh fish retailer; fishmonger
aquarium fish; ornamental fish
blotched snakehead (Channa maculata); northern snakehead (Channa argus)
skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish
close friendship; intimate friendship
fish and vegetables; side dishes (e.g. with rice)
fish breeding; pisciculture
Pisces (12th zodiacal sign); the Fish; the Fishes
introduced (non-native) fish species
farmed fish; farm-raised fish; cultivated fish; hatchery fish
fish reef; reef where fish live and breed
goldfish peddling; goldfish peddler
cartilaginous fishes; chondrichthyans
crocodile; alligator; crocodilian
grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus)
charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (lit.) (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame
bony fishes; osteichthyans
dragon-like cryptid fish with many whiskers and no bones (likely a sturgeon)
larva of fish; larval fish
cheap fish for the masses (e.g. sardines, mackerel, pike)
study of fish; ichthyology
bite (of a fish on a hook); strike
fertilizer made from fish parts (fertiliser)
true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae); Oriental silverfish (Ctenolepisma villosa); someone who is unable to apply what they have read
skewered fish, coated with miso and cooked
live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)
charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame
substitute fish; using an alternative fish variety instead of a traditional one
Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum); aquatic plants such as hornwort that are commonly used in goldfish tanks, etc.
armored fish; armoured fish
person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; (lit.) goldfish poop
Pisces (obsolete class of vertebrates comprising the fishes)
fish swimming about in water
sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
kaiten; human torpedo in WW2
four large domesticated fishes (black carp, grass carp, bighead carp, and silver carp)
imitation that looks identical to the original; fake causing the original to lose value
fish found in coastal waters
path taken by school of fish; fish ladder; fishway
catadromous fish (fish that migrates downstream, e.g. eel)
anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)
apophyllite; fish-eye stone
all of creation following their original natures, living and enjoying themselves freely; (lit.) the kites fly and the fish leap; Heaven's will that all of creation shall follow their original natures and live freely; as a ruler's benevolence spreads, the people will find their places in the land based on their abilities
harmful fish (e.g. non-native and prolific, etc.)
catadromous fish (fish that migrates downstream, e.g. eel)
placoderms (extinct fishes of class Placodermi)
acanthodians (extinct jawed fishes)
large flat wooden plank shaped like a fish, struck like a gong at temple to indicate time of day
miswriting a word; using the wrong kanji to write a word
Osteichthyes (class comprising the bony fishes and sometimes their descendants, i.e. tetrapods)
miswriting a word; using the wrong kanji to write a word
Chondrichthyes (class comprising cartilaginous fishes)
anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)
collateral damage; getting embroiled in somebody else's dispute; having a fire spread to one's own house
miswriting a word; using the wrong kanji to write a word
miswriting a word; using the wrong kanji to write a word
telescopefish (Giganturidae spp., esp. species Gigantura chuni)
paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis)
Queensland lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri)
silver carp; bighead carp
Reeves' shad (Tenualosa reevesii); Chinese shad