a female given name

鮎, 年魚, 香魚: a sweetfish, an amphidromous fish of East Asia, the only member of its genus, Plecoglossus altivelis, prized for its sweet-tasting flesh

flattery

to flatter

a surname

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

body language

(archaic) a battle, conflict, fight, war

a house / one's own home / a home, household / a family

(only in compounds) a body