五十集いさば

noun

small Edo-period coastal transport vessel

Historical term used in western Japan for a small boat that carried marine products, fuel, and other goods over short distances during the Edo period.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、西にし日本にほんでは五十集いさばと呼よばれる小こ型がた船せんが海かい産さん物ぶつを運はこんだ。

  In the Edo period, small boats called isaba transported marine products in western Japan.

noun

fish market; fishmonger; marine products

Archaic eastern Japan usage; could refer to a fish market, a fish seller, or the marine products themselves. No longer in modern use.

• 東ひがし日本にほんでは「いさば」が魚うお市いち場ばや魚さかな屋やを指さす古ふるい言こと葉ばとして使つかわれた。

  In eastern Japan, isaba was used as an old word for a fish market or fishmonger.