"ayu" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɑːjuː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ayu.wav Forms: ayus [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese 鮎 (ayu, “sweetfish”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|鮎||sweetfish|tr=ayu}} Japanese 鮎 (ayu, “sweetfish”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} ayu (usually uncountable, plural ayus)
  1. A sweetfish, an amphidromous fish of East Asia, the only member of its genus and family, Plecoglossus altivelis, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh. It is a game fish and is also subject to extensive aquaculture. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Smelts Synonyms: ai Translations (amphidromous fish): 芳魚 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 芳鱼 (phang-hî) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 溪鰮 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 溪鳁 (khoe-un, khe-un) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 𫙮魚 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 𫙮鱼 (kia̍t-hî, kia̍t-hû) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 𫙮 (kia̍t) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 國姓魚 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 国姓鱼 (kok-sèng-hî, kok-sèng-hû) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 香魚 (Chinese Cantonese), 香鱼 (alt: hoeng¹ jyu⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 香魚 (Chinese Mandarin), 香鱼 (xiāngyú) (Chinese Mandarin), aju (Czech), aiu (Estonian), aju (Finnish), 香魚 (Hakka Chinese), 香鱼 (hiông-ǹg) (Hakka Chinese), 은어 (euneo) (alt: 銀魚) (Korean), cá thơm (Vietnamese), cá hương (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "香魚"
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          "word": "𫙮鱼"
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          "sense": "amphidromous fish",
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