鰯

Meaning

鰯 centers on the sardine, a small, soft-boned fish. It is a Japanese-made character (kokuji) specifically for this fish.

• 鰯いわし
  N1

  pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

• 真鰯まいわし

  Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine

• 片口鰯かたくちいわし

  Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonica)

• 唐鰯からいわし

  Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis)

• 外鰯そといわし

  bonefish (Albula vulpes); banana fish; ladyfish

• 小鰯鯨こいわしくじら

  minke whale; piked whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

• 干鰯ほしか

  fertilizer made from dried sardines

• 柊鰯ひいらぎいわし

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

• 潤目鰯うるめいわし

  round herring (Etrumeus teres)

• 畳鰯たたみいわし

  sheet of dried sardines

• 糸引鰯いとひきいわし

  attenuated spider fish (Bathypterois atricolor)

• 藤五郎鰯とうごろういわし

  flathead silverside (Hypoatherina valenciennei)

• 裸鰯はだかいわし

  lantern fish (any fish of family Myctophidae, esp. Watase's lanternfish, Diaphus watasei)

• 赤鰯あかいわし

  pickled sardines; dried sardines; red sardines

• 鯛の尾より鰯の頭たいのおよりいわしのかしら

  better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

• 鯷鰯しこいわし

  Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonica)

• 鰯の頭も信心からいわしのあたまもしんじんから

  faith is mysterious; faith is weird; even a pilchard's head (can be revered) through faith

• 鰯油いわしゆ

  pilchard oil; sardine oil

• 鰯滓いわしかす

  fish cake (made from sardines, used as a fertilizer); sardine meal

• 鰯節いわしぶし

  dried, smoked pilchard; shavings from dried, smoked pilchard

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