mackerel

19 strokes

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セイショウ

Kun

さば

Dictionary

Common Words

サバNounFreq #35127
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Word usually written using kana alone

mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus)

Examples
早く帰った方がいい、暑いから。サバは、生き腐れとも言われるくらい足が早い。
It's hot, so you'd better head back quickly. Mackerel goes off so fast that they coined 'fresh-looking rotten fish'.
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Internet slang

server (esp. in an online game)

鯖折り鯖折さば折りばおりNounFreq #128240
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Sumo

forward force down

サバを読む鯖を読むさばをよむExpressionGodan verbFreq #137856
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Idiomatic expression

to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age

さばしめ鯖シメサバ締め鯖NounUsually kanaFreq #148967
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soused mackerel; vinegared mackerel

さば真鯖マサバNounUsually kanaFreq #184572
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chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus)

サバとら (サバ虎)サバ虎鯖トラ鯖虎さばトラ (鯖トラ)さばとら (鯖虎)サバトラNounUsually kanaFreq #216432
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mackerel tabby (cat); grey tabby

鯖節さば節サバ節ばぶし (鯖節/さば節)サバぶし (サバ節)NounFreq #223351
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dried, smoked mackerel; shavings from dried, smoked mackerel

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