Meanings
Readings
Common Words
sea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy
Food, cooking
fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam
Japanese parrotfish (Calotomus japonicus)
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
red sea bream (Pagrus major); Japanese sea bream; red tai; porgy
Proverb
a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond; quality is quality; an old eagle is better than a young crow; even if it's rotten, it's still sea bream
Word usually written using kana alone
Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)
scarbreast tuskfin (Choerodon azurio)
splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
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