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鰯: sardine

sardine
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Readings

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いわし

A Japan-made kanji (kokuji), read いわし; it is also commonly written in kana or katakana.

Key words

鰯いわしsardine
鰯雲いわしぐもcirrocumulus; mackerel sky
片口鰯かたくちいわしJapanese anchovy
真鰯まいわしJapanese pilchard
鰯の頭も信心からいわしのあたまもしんじんからfaith can make anything holy

Example sentences

At the harbor market I bought ten fresh sardines.

Scaly cirrocumulus clouds are spreading across the autumn sky.

On the night of Setsubun, my grandmother hangs a holly-and-sardine-head charm at the entrance.

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