the ayu or sweetfish, Plecoglossus altivelis

(obsolete) the ayu or sweetfish, Plecoglossus altivelis

Rare spelling of 鯰 (namazu): a catfish

river, stream

river

river, stream, brook

(ecology) habitat

a female given name

(regional, Mie and Wakayama prefectures) Japanese fluvial sculpin, Cottus pollux / (regional, Shizuoka, Nara, Shimane, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, and Kagoshima prefectures) fourspine sculpin, Cottus kazika

fishing for sweetfish, catching ayu / the type of hook used to catch sweetfish / Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux) / fourspine sculpin (Cottus kazika)