fish scrap soup; fishhead soup
A soup made by simmering leftover fish parts (heads, bones, trimmings) after filleting. Common in Japanese home cooking and izakaya menus.
I got fish scraps from the fishmonger and made fish scrap soup.
I ordered a piping hot fish scrap soup at the izakaya.
Standard kanji spelling; あら refers to fish scraps and 汁 means soup.
Alternate kanji spelling using 粗 for 'scraps'; less common than あら汁.
Compound of あら (fish scraps) and 汁 (soup). The word あら is of uncertain origin, possibly related to 粗 (rough, leftover).