干鰯ほしか

noun

dried sardine fertilizer

Historical term for a fertilizer made from dried sardines, used in traditional Japanese agriculture. Referred to as 魚肥 (fish fertilizer) in related contexts.

See also: 魚肥

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、干鰯ほしかが重じゅう要ような肥ひ料りょうとして使つかわれていた。

  In the Edo period, dried sardine fertilizer was used as an important fertilizer.