うお
Meanings
Noun
1. fish
I want to eat fish, but there isn't any at all.
Pitch accent
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お
Used in vocabulary (67 in total)
Pisces (constellation); the Fish; the Fishes; (arch.) fishmongers' guild
Pisces (constellation); the Fish; the Fishes; (arch.) fishmongers' guild
lancelet; amphioxus
flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cheilopogon agoo)
kanji "fish" radical at left
ice goby (Leucopsarion petersii)
fishing
riverside fish market
largehead hairtail (Trichiurus lepturus); scabbard fish; beltfish
corn (on the foot)
corn (on the foot)
river fish; freshwater fish
whitebait; immature sweetfish
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
dried fish; stockfish
fish market
sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus); Japanese sandfish
raw fish; uncooked fish; fresh fish
fish that are called by different names as they grow larger
archerfish (any fish of family Toxotidae, esp. the banded archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix)
Oriental butterflyfish (Chaetodon auripes)
stickleback (Gasterosteidae spp.)
polka-dot ribbonfish (Desmodema polystictum)
inshore fish; fish living in rocky coastal waters
Bering wolffish (Anarhichas orientalis)
non-migratory seabed fish (e.g. rockfish)
Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus); comb goby (Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus); Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); any edible red saltwater fish
long snouted lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox)
Japanese pinecone fish (Monocentris japonica)
young fish
being in a helpless situation; (lit.) (like a) fish on a chopping board
fish skewer; skewered fish
fish large enough to swallow a whole boat; colossal fish; great man; notorious man
bottom-dwelling fish; demersal fish
Gasterosteus microcephalus (species of stickleback)
fish meal
rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax dentex)
Encheliophis sagamianus (species of pearlfish)
cleaner fish
frogfish (any fish of family Antennariidae, esp. the striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus)
pipefish (esp. the seaweed pipefish, Syngnathus schlegeli)
black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
large-headed midnight fish (Poromitra crassiceps); armored fish; armoured fish
live fish
third climate of spring (when the ice breaks and fish start appearing near the surface)
third climate of spring (when the ice breaks and fish start appearing near the surface)
fish which lives close to the surface
fish going downstream (to spawn); dead fish; fish that moves into deeper waters (to avoid the cold)
fish sauce (made from fermented salted fish)
seafood and vegetables cooked sukiyaki style
climbing perch (esp. of genus Anabas)
goatsbeard brotula (species of ophidiiform fish, Brotula multibarbata)
longfin batfish (Platax teira); teira batfish; round-faced batfish; flying fish
third climate of spring (when the ice breaks and fish start appearing near the surface)
third climate of spring (when the ice breaks and fish start appearing near the surface)
one of the 72 climates (from the 16th to the 20th of the first lunar month)
Cymothoidae (family of isopods)
Aspasma minima (species of clingfish)
humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus); Napoleon wrasse; Napoleonfish; Maori wrasse
Pacific blackdragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus)
four-eyed fish (Anableps spp.)
miso mixed with fish (often sea bream)
gibberfish (Gibberichthys pumilus)
non-migratory seabed fish (e.g. rockfish)
lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus); lumpsucker; henfish; sea hen
Japanese fish louse (Argulus japonicus)
Examples (160 in total)
Do you like fish?
I'm grilling fish.
It is fish eggs.