鮎

Meaning

鮎 centers on a specific freshwater fish: the ayu or sweetfish, also called freshwater trout or smelt in English. The meanings are different names for the same fish rather than distinct concepts.

• 鮎あゆ

  ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis); sweetfish

• 鮎魚女あいなめ

  fat greenling (Hexagrammos otakii)

• マジェラン鮎並マジェランあいなめ

  Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides); Chilean sea bass

• 兵児鮎へこあゆ

  razorfish (Aeoliscus strigatus)

• 琉球鮎りゅうきゅうあゆ

  Ryukyu sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis)

• 瓢鮎図ひょうねんず

  Hyonenzu (painting by Josetsu, 1415)

• 稚鮎ちあゆ

  young sweetfish; young ayu

• 若鮎わかあゆ

  young sweetfish

• 落ち鮎おちあゆ

  sweetfish going downstream to spawn (in autumn)

• 鮎ずしあゆずし

  sweetfish sushi; ayu sushi; belly of sweetfish salted, pickled and served on rice

• 鮎掛けあゆかけ

  fourspine sculpin (Cottus kazika)

• 鮎擬あゆもどき

  kissing loach (Leptobotia curta)

• 鮎漁あゆりょう

  fishing for ayu

• 鮎釣りあゆつり

  ayu fishing

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