goldfish (Carassius auratus)
merman; half man-half fish
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
goldfish scooping; 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
school of fish; shoal of 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
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 with a human-looking face
fish-shaped; fish-like; pisciform
migratory fish; straddling fish stocks
ocean fish; saltwater fish
fish dealer; fresh fish retailer; fishmonger
snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
aquarium fish; ornamental fish
human torpedo; manned torpedo; suicide submarine
blotched snakehead (Channa maculata); northern snakehead (Channa argus)
close friendship; inseparable relationship
fish and vegetables; side dishes (e.g. with rice)
Pisces (12th zodiacal sign); the Fish; the Fishes
fish breeding; pisciculture
farmed fish; farm-raised fish; cultivated fish; hatchery fish
fish swimming about in water
introduced (non-native) fish species
fish reef; reef where fish live and breed
to miss a big chance; to miss out on a great opportunity; (lit.) to let a big fish get away
goldfish peddling; goldfish peddler
cartilaginous fishes; chondrichthyans
crocodile; alligator; crocodilian
grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus)
bony fishes; osteichthyans
dragon-like cryptid fish with many whiskers and no bones (likely a sturgeon)
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
larva of fish; larval fish
fish tail; outer corner of the eye; marks on Japanese paper indicating the centre line for folding
cheap fish for the masses (e.g. sardines, mackerel, pike)
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
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
skewered fish, coated with miso and cooked
live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)
dried fish skin (oft. used as bait for fishing); boiled and dried shark skin (popular ingredient in Chinese cuisine)
mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi); Chinese perch
substitute fish; using an alternative fish variety instead of a traditional one
fish farmer; pisciculturist
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
bite (of a fish on a hook); strike
Pisces (obsolete class of vertebrates comprising the fishes)
wax made from fish oil; marine wax esters
gelatinous glue made from fish; ichthyocolla; isinglass
sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
Ningen Gyorai Kaiten (1955 film)
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
ayu; sweetfish; annual fish
fish found in coastal waters
path taken by school of fish; fish ladder; fishway
catadromous fish (fish that migrates downstream, e.g. eel)
apophyllite; fish-eye stone
anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)
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)
skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish
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 someone 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