カタクチイワシ

noun

Japanese anchovy

Refers specifically to the species Engraulis japonica, a small fish used in Japanese cuisine (e.g., dried as niboshi or eaten as shirasu).

• カタクチイワシは煮に干ぼしの原げん料りょうとしてよく使つかわれる。

  Japanese anchovies are often used as an ingredient for dried sardines (niboshi).

• この辺あたりの海うみでは、春はるになるとカタクチイワシがたくさん獲とれる。

  In the sea around here, many Japanese anchovies are caught in spring.