柊

Osmanthus heterophyllus
Osmanthus heterophyllus#Translingual

holly osmanthus (Osmanthus heterophyllus)


魬

魬 (canonical)
魬 (canonical)
hamachi (romanization)

(Kansai) young Japanese amberjack, yellowtail


鮬

鮬 (canonical)
鮬 (canonical)
seigo (romanization)


鯛

ja-noun

鯛(たい) or 鯛(タイ) • (tai) ^(←たひ (tafi) or タヒ (tafi)?)

鯛 (canonical)
鯛 (canonical)
tai (romanization)
tafi (romanization)
たひ (hiragana historical)
タヒ (hiragana historical)

Acanthopagrus schlegelii
Japanese butterfish
Kyūjitai
Shinjitai
ja:鯛
man-of-war fish

/tapi₁/ → /tapi/ → /tafi/ → /tai/
From Old Japanese.

醤酢尓蒜都伎合而鯛願吾尓勿所見水䓗乃煮物

hishio-su ni hiru tsukikatete tai-negau ware ni na mi(s)e so nagi no atsumono

Don't show a fellow who's begging for a nice sea bream all fixed with bean paste, with vinegar and pounded garlic, such a thing as water-leek soup!

sea bream (fish of the family Sparidae); porgy


鯥

鯥 (canonical)
鯥 (canonical)
mutsu (romanization)


鰤

鰤 (canonical)
鰤 (canonical)
buri (romanization)

Japanese amberjack, yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata


鱪

鱪 (canonical)
鱪 (canonical)
shīra (romanization)


鱸

鱸 (canonical)
鱸 (canonical)
suzuki (romanization)


縞鯵

縞鯵 (canonical)
縞鯵 (canonical)
shimaaji (romanization)

縞(しま) (shima, “stripe”) + 鯵(あじ) (aji, “horse mackerel”)

ja-compound

trevally, striped jack, Pseudocaranx dentex (a kind of fish used in sushi)


虎魚

虎魚 (canonical)
虎魚 (canonical)
okoze (romanization)

A scorpionfish, a stonefish, a devil stinger: species Inimicus japonicus.


燕鰶

ja-noun

燕(つばめ)鰶(このしろ) or 燕鰶(ツバメコノシロ) • (tsubamekonoshiro)

燕鰶 (canonical)
燕鰶 (canonical)
tsubamekonoshiro (romanization)

threadfin, specifically striped threadfin


鉄砲魚

鉄(てっ)砲(ぽう)魚(うお) or 鉄砲魚(テッポウウオ) • (teppōuo)

鉄砲魚 (canonical)
鉄砲魚 (canonical)
teppōuo (romanization)

Literally, “gun fish”, compound of 鉄砲(てっぽう) (teppō, “gun”) + 魚(うお) (uo, “fish”)

ja-compound

archerfish, specifically banded archerfish


鱖魚

鱖魚 (canonical)
鱖魚 (canonical)
ketsugyo (romanization)

Chinese perch; mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi)


小判鮫

ja-noun

小(こ)判(ばん)鮫(ざめ) or 小判鮫(コバンザメ) • (kobanzame)

小判鮫 (canonical)
小判鮫 (canonical)
kobanzame (romanization)

Compound of 小判 (“koban”) + 鮫 (same, “shark”). The same changes to zame as an instance of rendaku (連濁).


尾長

尾(お)長(なが) or 尾長(オナガ) • (onaga) ^(←をなが (wonaga)?)

尾長 (canonical)
尾長 (canonical)
onaga (romanization)
wonaga (romanization)
をなが (hiragana historical)

→ English: onaga (Hawaii)

(regional) longtail snapper (Etelis coruscans)


灸羽田

灸(やいと)羽(は)田(た) or 灸羽田(ヤイトハタ) • (yaitohata)

灸羽田 (canonical)
灸羽田 (canonical)
yaitohata (romanization)

a Malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus)


羽太

羽太 (canonical)
羽太 (canonical)
hata (romanization)


薔薇羽太

薔薇(ばら)羽(は)太(た) or 薔薇羽太(バラハタ) • (barahata)

薔薇羽太 (canonical)
薔薇羽太 (canonical)
barahata (romanization)

薔薇 (bara, “rose”) + 羽太 (hata, “grouper”). 薔薇 is jukujikun (熟字訓).


𩺊

𩺊 (canonical)
𩺊 (canonical)
ara (romanization)


大口バス

ja-noun

大(おお)口(くち)バス or 大口(オオクチ)バス • (ōkuchi basu)

大口バス (canonical)
大口バス (canonical)
ōkuchi basu (romanization)

[o̞ːkɯ̟̊t͡ɕi ba̠sɨ]

Calque of English largemouth bass, equivalent to 大 (ō, “large”) + 口 (kuchi, “mouth”) + バス (basu, “bass”).

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オオクチバス属


ブラックバス

[bɯ̟ɾa̠k̚kɯ̟ ba̠sɨ]


石持

石持 (canonical)
石持 (canonical)
ishimochi (romanization)

Compound of 石(いし) (ishi, “stone”) + 持(も)ち (mochi, “possession, ownership”). Literally, “having stones”, referring to the prominently large otoliths in the croakers' skulls.

ja-com

石持ち, 石首魚, 石頭魚: synonym of 白口 (shiroguchi, “silver croaker”)

(textiles) short for 石持小紋 (ishimochi komon), a pattern used in stencil dying textiles that resembles a pile of small stones


赤目

the Japanese lates (Lates japonicus), a species of fish


あやかし

a yokai that appears above seawater during shipwrecks

何万年 妖(あやかし)たちは
踊る 夜宴の夢

2020 September 19, Mafumafu (lyrics and music), “百鬼夜行 [Night Parade of A Hundred Demons]”:

For myriads of years, the yokai
Have been dancing, our soiree dreams

Nanmannen ayakashi-tachi wa
Odoru yaen no yume

コバンザメ コバンザメ#Japanese

Synonym of コバンザメ (kobanzame, “live sharksucker”)

a type of Noh mask representing ghosts or spirits


白口

白口 (canonical)
白口 (canonical)
shiroguchi (romanization)

[ɕiɾo̞ɡɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Possibly a compound of 白(しろ) (shiro, “white”) + 口(くち) (kuchi, “mouth”). The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Possibly from 白(しろ) (shiro, “white”) + 愚(ぐ)痴(ち) (guchi, “complaint, grumbling”), referring to the resemblance of the sound produced by their inflated swim bladders to a person complaining.

Pennahia argentata: white croaker, silver croaker, silver jewfish


オジサン

From おじさん (oji-san, “middle-aged man”), from the two "middle-aged"-looking barbels on this fish's chin.

くたびれたオジサン。
このところ、疲(つか)れがなかなか抜(ぬ)けません。

2020 November 14, “オジサン [Unclefish]”, in デッキ改(かい)造(ぞう)パック 幻(げん)撃(げき)のミラージュインパクト‼ [Deck-Modifying Pack: Mirage Impact of Mirage Impacts‼]:

A tired unclefish.
He gets tired so easily these days.

Kutabireta oji-san.
Kono tokoro, tsukare ga nakanaka nukemasen.


金石魚

金石魚 (canonical)
金石魚 (canonical)
kiguchi (romanization)

[kʲiɡɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Possibly from 黄(き) (ki, “yellow”) and グチ (guchi, “Nibea, croaker”).

redlip croaker, yellow corvina, yellow croaker, Larimichthys polyactis (a species of marine fish)


浜鯛

浜鯛 (canonical)
浜鯛 (canonical)
hamadai (romanization)

浜 (hama, “beach”) + 鯛 (tai, “sea bream”)


糸繰

Literally, “thread winding”, 糸(いと) (ito, “thread”) + 繰(く)り (kuri, “winding, reeling, spinning”)

ja-compound

Synonym of 糸枠 (itowaku, “a thread spool”)

Synonym of 苧環 (odamaki, “fantail columbine, Aquilegia flabellata”)

苧環

Synonym of 糸撚鯛 (itoyoridai, “golden threadfin bream, Nemipterus virgatus”)


連子鯛

ja-noun

連(れん)子(こ)鯛(だい) or 連子鯛(レンコダイ) • (renkodai) ^(←れんこだひ (renkodafi)?)

連子鯛 (canonical)
連子鯛 (canonical)
renkodai (romanization)
renkodafi (romanization)
れんこだひ (hiragana historical)

大辞林 w:ja:大辞林

(chiefly Kansai) Synonym of 黄鯛 (kidai, “Dentex tumifrons”)