(さかな), さかな, うお

sakana, uo

JLPT 5

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • fish

金魚(きんぎょ), きんぎょ

kingyo

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • goldfish

(うみ), 鱝, 鱏, えい, エイ

ei, ei

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • ray (fish); stingray

(あゆ), 香魚(こうぎょ), 年魚(としぎょ), あゆ, こうぎょ, ねんぎょ, あい, アユ

ayu, kōgyo, nengyo, ai, ayu

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis)
  • salmon

魚介類(ぎょかいるい), (さかな), ぎょかいるい

gyokairui

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish

(たこ), 章魚(たこ), (たこ), たこ, タコ

tako, tako

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • octopus

秋刀魚(さんま), さんま, サンマ

sanma, sanma

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike

魚類(ぎょるい), ぎょるい

gyorui

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • fish; fishes

(たら), 大口魚(おおぐちぎょ), たら, タラ

tara, tara

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, inc. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack)
  • Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)

稚魚(ちぎょ), ちぎょ

chigyo

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • fry (young fish)

熱帯魚(ねったいぎょ), ねったいぎょ

nettaigyo

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • tropical fish

鮮魚(せんぎょ), せんぎょ

sengyo

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • fresh fish

平目(ひらめ), (ひらめ), 比目魚(ひらめ), ひらめ, ヒラメ

hirame, hirame

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae)
  • bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

魚屋(さかなや), さかなや

sakanaya

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • fish market; fish dealer

淡水魚(たんすいぎょ), たんすいぎょ

tansuigyo

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • freshwater fish

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