scale (of fish, snake, etc.)

serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))

part; portion; glimpse; bit

Idiomatic expression

to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one

Idiomatic expression; Orig. meaning

to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; to touch the scale on a dragon's throat

ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis); sweetfish

(insectile, especially moth) scales

Idiomatic expression

one's superior's anger

Orig. meaning

imperial wrath

Idiomatic expression

to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes

fish scales

scaly; scale-like

silvery scale; fish