魚
ギョ
うお • さかな • -ざかな
fish
Words
魚心
うおごころ
- favor done for somebody n
木に縁りて魚を求む
きによりてうおをもとむ
- to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree exp id
金魚売り
きんぎょうり
- goldfish peddling; goldfish peddler n
大衆魚
たいしゅうぎょ
- cheap fish for the masses (e.g. sardines, mackerel, pike) exp
金魚すくい
きんぎょすくい
- festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle n