アジ

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じ

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

horse mackerel; jack mackerel; scad

usually written using kana alone

Refers to fish of the family Carangidae, especially the Japanese horse mackerel (Trachurus japonicus), a common food fish in Japan.

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I bought fresh horse mackerel at the market this morning.

アジの開ひらきを焼やいて食たべるのが好すきだ。

I like to grill and eat dried horse mackerel.

アジを釣つるto catch horse mackerel (fishing)
海うみでアジを釣つった。
I caught some horse mackerel at sea.
アジを刺さし身みにするto prepare horse mackerel as sashimi
新しん鮮せんなアジを刺さし身みにして食たべた。
I sliced the fresh horse mackerel into sashimi and ate it.
アジを干ひ物ものにするto turn horse mackerel into dried fish
このアジは干ひ物ものにすると美味おいしい。
This horse mackerel is delicious when made into dried fish.

鯖さば
アジ (horse mackerel) and サバ (mackerel) are different fish families that look similar on a plate and are often confused by learners.
イワシN1
鰯 (sardine) and 鯵 (horse mackerel) are both common small oily fish sold at Japanese markets and can be mixed up by learners unfamiliar with fish names.
アジ
アジ (agitation, from アジテーション) is written identically to アジ/鯵, the horse mackerel fish, so context alone tells them apart.

匹ひきN3
アジ is typically counted with 匹 when referring to live or whole fish, as with most small fish.
尾び
アジ can also be counted with 尾, a counter specifically for fish, especially in fishmonger or culinary contexts.

ムロアジ
brownstriped mackerel scad; Decapterus muroadsi · mackerel scad; Decapterus spp.
マアジ
Japanese jack mackerel; Japanese horse mackerel
秋あき鯵あじ
autumn horse mackerel
シロガネアジ
lookdown (Selene vomer)

アジUsage67%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is standard for this fish name; usually written in kana.
あじUsage21%
Hiragana spelling is also common and learner-friendly.
鯵あじUsage7%
Kanji form is recognized but rarely used in everyday writing; the fish is normally written in kana.
鰺あじUsage5%

The origin of the Japanese word あじ is uncertain; it may be related to the taste (味) due to its flavor, but this is speculative.

giant trevally

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ギンガメアジ
bigeye trevally; bigeye jack; great trevally; six-banded trevally; dusky jack
開ひらき鯵あじ
split and dried saurel; butterflied dried horse mackerel
クロヒラアジ
blue trevally; banded trevally; barred trevally
アジフライ
deep-fried horse mackerel
イレズミコンニャクアジ
ragfish

rarely-used kanji form

Variant kanji form; marked as rarely used.