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Meanings
Noun
1. fish
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (65 in total)
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)
① 足の裏や指の角質が真皮の中に向かって肥厚し、部分的に硬くなったもの。圧迫すると痛みを感じる。鶏眼。
lancelet; amphioxus
riverside fish market
① スズキ目ハゼ亜目ハゼ科ゴビオネルス亜科シロウオ属に属する魚の一種。
raw fish; uncooked fish; fresh fish
① 漢字の部首「⿂」が偏である場合の呼称。
fishing
largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus); scabbard fish; beltfish
① 足の裏や指の角質が真皮の中に向かって肥厚し、部分的に硬くなったもの。圧迫すると痛みを感じる。鶏眼。
stickleback (Gasterosteidae spp.)
frogfish (any fish of family Antennariidae, esp. the striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus)
whitebait; immature sweetfish
① キュウリウオ目シラウオ科に属する魚類の総称。鮨や酢の物にしたり、踊り食いしたりして賞味する。江戸・佃島の漁師が篝火をたいて獲り、将軍家へ献上した。
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)
① アコウダイの異名。② ウグイの異名。
Japanese pinecone fish (Monocentris japonica)
① 年が若い未成魚。若くて活きがいい未成魚。
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
Examples (133 in total)
I'm grilling fish.
I didn't order fish.
I'm sick of eating fish.