sheet of dried sardines
A food product made by pressing small sardines into a thin, sheet-like shape and drying them. Often used as a snack or in cooking.
I ate a sheet of dried sardines as a snack with drinks.
Dried sardine sheets are rich in calcium.
It is usually written in kana; this is the standard spelling.
Kanji spelling; rarely used in practice. The character 鰯 (いわし) is not a jōyō kanji.
From 畳 (たたみ, 'tatami mat') + 鰯 (いわし, 'sardine'), referring to the mat-like shape of the dried sheet.