noun
pickled fish
Fish preserved by pickling, often in miso, sake lees, or vinegar. A traditional Japanese food.
この漬け魚は味噌漬けで、ご飯によく合う。
This pickled fish is miso-pickled and goes well with rice.
祖母が作った漬け魚は絶品だ。
The pickled fish my grandmother makes is exquisite.
Compound of 漬け (tsuke, 'pickling') + 魚 (sakana, 'fish'). The reading つけうお is less common and may be considered more literal or older.