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かばやき 【蒲焼き ・ かば焼き ・ 蒲焼】

kabayaki 【蒲焼き ・ かば焼き ・ 蒲焼】

• –common noun
• loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce

どじょう ・ ドジョウnot assoc. with kanji 【泥鰌 ・ 鰌】

dojō ・ DOJŌnot assoc. with kanji 【泥鰌 ・ 鰌】

1. –common noun
1. loach (any fish of family Cobitidae) —Usually written using kana alone.

2. • 柳の下の泥鰌。 —Proverb

     A fox isn't caught twice the same snare. ▾ More

   • 何時も柳の下に泥鰌は居らぬ。 —Proverb

     A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.
2. weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus)

やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはおらぬ 【柳の下にいつも泥鰌はおらぬ ・ 柳の下に何時も泥鰌は居らぬ】

yanaginoshitaniitsumodojōhaoranu 【柳の下にいつも泥鰌はおらぬ ・ 柳の下に何時も泥鰌は居らぬ】

• –expressions (phrase, clause, etc.)
• just because a method works once doesn't mean it will work every time (lit: there aren't always loach under the willow tree) —Obscure term.

ほとけどじょう ・ ホトケドジョウnot assoc. with kanji 【仏泥鰌】

hotokedojō ・ HOTOKEDOJŌnot assoc. with kanji 【仏泥鰌】

• –common noun
• Japanese eight-barbel loach (species of freshwater fish, Lefua echigonia) —Usually written using kana alone.