Search Terms: *鰯*
Dictionary results(showing 24 results)
noun
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pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus), sardine(usually kana)
Other readings:
いわし《鰮》
、イワシ
noun
1.
pickled sardines, dried sardines, red sardines
2.
rusty and blunt sword(archaism)
noun
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attenuated spider fish (Bathypterois atricolor)(usually kana)
Other readings:
イトヒキイワシ
noun
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fish cake (made from sardines, used as a fertilizer), sardine meal
Other readings:
鰯粕【いわしかす】
noun
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sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
イワシクジラ
expression
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faith is mysterious, faith is weird, even a pilchard's head (can be revered) through faith(proverb)
Other readings:
鰯の頭も信心から【いわしのかしらもしんじんから】
noun
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round herring (Etrumeus teres)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ウルメイワシ
noun
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Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
カタクチイワシ
noun
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Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
カライワシ
noun
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Other readings:
コイワシクジラ
noun
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Other readings:
シコイワシ
noun
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Rouleina watasei (type of slickhead fish)(usually kana)
Other readings:
せきとりいわし《関取鰯》
、セキトリイワシ
noun
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bonefish (Albula vulpes), banana fish, ladyfish(usually kana)
Other readings:
ソトイワシ
expression
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better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion(proverb)
noun
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flathead silverside (Hypoatherina valenciennei)(usually kana)
Other readings:
とうごろういわし《頭五郎鰯》
、トウゴロウイワシ
noun
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lantern fish (any fish of family Myctophidae, esp. Watase's lanternfish, Diaphus watasei)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ハダカイワシ
noun
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sardine and holly charm, sardine head and holly branch placed next to the front door during setsubun to ward off demons