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Pisces (constellation); the Fish; the Fishes; (arch.) fishmongers' guild

flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)

Pisces (constellation); the Fish; the Fishes; (arch.) fishmongers' guild

river fish; freshwater fish

salamander (amphibian of the order Caudata)

corn (on one's foot)

lancelet; amphioxus

riverside fish market

ice goby (Leucopsarion petersii)

raw fish; uncooked fish; fresh fish

kanji "fish" radical at left

fishing

largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus); scabbard fish; beltfish

corn (on one's foot)

stickleback (Gasterosteidae spp.)

frogfish (any fish of family Antennariidae, esp. the striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus)

whitebait; immature sweetfish

icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait

dried fish; stockfish

fish market

sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus); Japanese sandfish

fish that are called by different names as they grow larger

archerfish (any fish of family Toxotidae, esp. the banded archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix)

Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes, species found mostly from Japan to Taiwan)

polka-dot ribbonfish (Desmodema polystictum)

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)

long snouted lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox)

Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus); comb goby (Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus); Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); any edible red saltwater fish

Japanese pinecone fish (Monocentris japonica)

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

Bering wolffish (Anarhichas orientalis)

fish large enough to swallow a whole boat; colossal fish; great man; notorious man

fish meal

rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax dentex)

Encheliophis sagamianus (species of pearlfish)

cleaner fish

pipefish (esp. the seaweed pipefish, Syngnathus schlegeli)

black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)

large-headed midnight fish (Poromitra crassiceps); armored fish; armoured fish

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)

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

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)

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)

Aspasma minima (species of clingfish)

four-eyed fish (Anableps spp.)

miso mixed with fish (often tai)

gibberfish (Gibberichthys pumilus)

live fish

non-migratory seabed fish (e.g. rockfish)

lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus); lumpsucker; henfish; sea hen