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

tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis)

Word usually written using kana alone

Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)

scarbreast tuskfin (Choerodon azurio)

splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)

rice with minced sea bream (tai)