ウオ
Meanings
Noun
1. fish
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (63 in total)
flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
salamander (amphibian of the order Caudata)
archerfish (any fish of family Toxotidae, esp. the banded archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix)
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus); scabbard fish; beltfish
Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes, species found mostly from Japan to Taiwan)
polka-dot ribbonfish (Desmodema polystictum)
stickleback (Gasterosteidae spp.)
lancelet; amphioxus
ice goby (Leucopsarion petersii)
Japanese pinecone fish (Monocentris japonica)
corn (on one's foot)
Bering wolffish (Anarhichas orientalis)
sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus); Japanese sandfish
riverside fish market
Pisces (constellation); the Fish; the Fishes; (arch.) fishmongers' guild
kanji "fish" radical at left
long snouted lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox)
rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax dentex)
Encheliophis sagamianus (species of pearlfish)
pipefish (esp. the seaweed pipefish, Syngnathus schlegeli)
black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
large-headed midnight fish (Poromitra crassiceps); armored fish; armoured fish
whitebait; immature sweetfish
river fish; freshwater fish
fishing
dried fish; stockfish
fish market
fish that are called by different names as they grow larger
raw fish; uncooked fish; fresh fish
if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; (lit.) if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
inshore fish; fish living in rocky coastal waters
non-migratory seabed fish (e.g. rockfish)
Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus); comb goby (Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus); Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); any edible red saltwater fish
young fish
being in a helpless situation; (lit.) (like a) fish on a chopping board
Gasterosteus microcephalus (species of stickleback)
bottom-dwelling fish; demersal fish
frogfish (any fish of family Antennariidae, esp. the striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus)
fish large enough to swallow a whole boat; colossal fish; great man; notorious man
fish meal
cleaner fish
Cymothoidae (family of isopods)
climbing perch (esp. of genus Anabas)
goatsbeard brotula (species of ophidiiform fish, Brotula multibarbata)
longfin batfish (Platax teira, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish); Tiera batfish; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
Cymothoidae (family of isopods)
Aspasma minima (species of clingfish)
four-eyed fish (Anableps spp.)
gibberfish (Gibberichthys pumilus)
lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus); lumpsucker; henfish; sea hen
fish which lives close to the surface
fish going downstream (to spawn); dead fish; fish that moves into deeper waters (to avoid the cold)
fish sauce (made from fermented salted fish)
seafood and vegetables cooked sukiyaki style
flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
third climate of spring (when the ice breaks and fish start appearing near the surface)
third climate of spring (when the ice breaks and fish start appearing near the surface)
one of the 72 climates (from the 16th to the 20th of the first lunar month)
Cymothoidae (family of isopods)
miso mixed with fish (often tai)
live fish
non-migratory seabed fish (e.g. rockfish)
Examples (133 in total)
I'm grilling fish.
I didn't order fish.
I'm sick of eating fish.