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Search Terms: *鰯*

Dictionary results(showing 24 results)


noun
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
attenuated spider fish (Bathypterois atricolor)(usually kana)
Other readings:
イトヒキイワシ

noun
fish cake (made from sardines, used as a fertilizer), sardine meal
Other readings:
鰯粕【いわしかす】

noun
sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
イワシクジラ

noun
cirro-cumulus, mackerel sky
Other readings:
いわし雲【いわしぐも】

いわしあたましんじん
iwashinoatamamoshinjinkara
expression
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
dried, smoked pilchard, shavings from dried, smoked pilchard

noun
round herring (Etrumeus teres)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ウルメイワシ

noun
Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
カタクチイワシ

noun
Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
カライワシ

noun
minke whale, piked whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)(usually kana, obscure)
See also:ミンク鯨
Other readings:
コイワシクジラ

noun
Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
シコイワシ

noun
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
bonefish (Albula vulpes), banana fish, ladyfish(usually kana)
Other readings:
ソトイワシ

たいわししら
tainooyoriiwashinokashira
expression
better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion(proverb)

noun
sheet of dried sardines

noun
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
lantern fish (any fish of family Myctophidae, esp. Watase's lanternfish, Diaphus watasei)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ハダカイワシ

noun
sardine and holly charm, sardine head and holly branch placed next to the front door during setsubun to ward off demons

noun
Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus), Japanese sardine(usually kana)
Other readings:
マイワシ

Kanji results(showing 1 results)


Written with 21 strokes
Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)
Common kanji
sardine, (kokuji)
KUN:
  • いわし
    iwashi