river fish; freshwater fish
whitebait; immature sweetfish
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
someone who is in their element; (lit.) fish that has found water
salamander (amphibian of the order Caudata)
Pisces (constellation); the Fish; the Fishes; (arch.) fishmongers' guild
largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus); scabbard fish; beltfish
fish that are called by different names as they grow larger
flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
raw fish; uncooked fish; fresh fish
kanji "fish" radical at left
if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; (lit.) if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too; mutual back-scratching
archerfish (any fish of family Toxotidae, esp. the banded archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix)
if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; (lit.) if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
non-migratory seabed fish (e.g. rockfish)
inshore fish; fish living in rocky coastal waters
Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus); comb goby (Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus); Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); any edible red saltwater fish
Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)
being in a helpless situation; (lit.) (like a) fish on a chopping board
long snouted lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox)
live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)
the morally upright have a hard time making friends; (lit.) fish will not live in water that is (too) clean
bottom-dwelling fish; demersal fish
Gasterosteus microcephalus (species of stickleback)
fish large enough to swallow a whole boat; colossal fish; great man; notorious man
if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; (lit.) if the water is kind to fish, the fish will be friendly toward water too; mutual back-scratching
fish-breeding forest; riverside or coastal forest that encourages fish breeding
to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; (lit.) to look for fish by climbing a tree
stickleback (Gasterosteidae spp.)
large-headed midnight fish (Poromitra crassiceps); armored fish; armoured fish
third climate of spring (when the ice breaks and fish start appearing near the surface)
fish in a pot about to be boiled; (fig.) person who is blissfully unaware of deadly danger
fish going downstream (to spawn); dead fish; fish that moves into deeper waters (to avoid the cold)
non-migratory seabed fish (e.g. rockfish)
miso mixed with fish (often tai)
Volans (constellation); the Flying Fish
fish which lives close to the surface
to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; (lit.) to look for fish by climbing a tree
fish sauce (made from fermented salted fish)
seafood and vegetables cooked sukiyaki style
one of the 72 climates (from the 16th to the 20th of the first lunar month)
Cymothoidae (family of isopods)
the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through; the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere; (lit.) fishes big enough to eat boats aren't caught by the net
Bering wolffish (Anarhichas orientalis)
frogfish (any fish of family Antennariidae, esp. the striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus)
Japanese clawed salamander (Onychodactylus japonicus)
sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus); Japanese sandfish
Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes, species found mostly from Japan to Taiwan)
polka-dot ribbonfish (Desmodema polystictum)
ice goby (Leucopsarion petersii)
Japanese pinecone fish (Monocentris japonica)
pipefish (esp. the seaweed pipefish, Syngnathus schlegeli)
Encheliophis sagamianus (species of pearlfish)
black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax dentex)
gibberfish (Gibberichthys pumilus)
lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus); lumpsucker; henfish; sea hen
four-eyed fish (Anableps spp.)
golden spadefish (Platax boersii); Boer's batfish
fisherman bat (Noctilionidae spp.); bulldog bat
Hida salamander (Hynobius kimurae)
Japanese black salamander (Hynobius nigrescens)
Pacific blackdragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus)
pebbled butterflyfish (Chaetodon multicinctus); multiband butterflyfish
climbing perch (esp. of genus Anabas)
clouded salamander (Hynobius nebulosus)
buchi salamander (Hynobius naevius)
humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus); Napoleon wrasse; Napoleonfish; Maori wrasse
snubnose brotula; armoured cusk (Hoplobrotula armata)
longfin batfish (Platax teira, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish); Tiera batfish; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
speckled butterflyfish (Chaetodon citrinellus, species of the Indo-Pacific); citron butterflyfish
goatsbeard brotula (species of ophidiiform fish, Brotula multibarbata)
Aspasma minima (species of clingfish)
threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga, species of the Indo-Pacific)
blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus, species found in the Indo-Pacific)