noun / ~する noun:

• favourite poem or song; favorite poem or song
• lover of poetry and song

noun:

• pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to sell wholesale
• to grate (e.g. vegetables)
• to cut up fish

expression / noun:

• being in a helpless situation; (like a) fish on a chopping board [literal] - idiom

noun:

• atoll butterflyfish (Chaetodon mertensii); Merten's butterflyfish; keel-finned butterfly-fish; orangebar butterflyfish

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak without hesitation or problems; to speak fluently or skillfully; to be talkative; to have a glib tongue

expression:

• in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another

noun:

• original spelling or kana usage
• spelling in original language (for words transliterated into another language or script)

noun:

• familiarity with the land
• locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)

noun:

• sillago (any fish of genus Sillago, esp. the Japanese whiting, Sillago japonica) - 鼠頭魚 is gikun

noun:

• merchant; trader
• expert (professional) in a given trade or profession; shrewd businessman; expert
• woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine ➜ 商売女・水商売

expression:

• whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

noun / ~の noun:

• around there; near there
• or thereabouts; or so
• such a matter; such a thing

expression / noun:

• a fish on the chopping board; person in a situation where they are rendered powerless - idiom

expression:

• third climate of spring (when the ice breaks and fish start appearing near the surface) ➜ 七十二候

noun:

• potbellied sumo wrestler; wrestler with a big belly ➜ あんこ型【あんこがた】
• goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae); monkfish; sea devil - orig. meaning ➜ 鮟鱇【あんこう】

adverb:

• great many; ever so many
• any number; as few or as many (as you like); whether large or small - preceding よい, 構わない, etc.

pre-noun adjectival:

• this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker) ➜ 何の【どの】・此れ・其の・彼の

adverb:

• for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other

noun:

• one's old school or university; alma mater; the school or university one attended

noun:

• (excelling in) one area or skill; (being skilled or gifted in) one certain area - four character idiom

expression:

• one or two sizes (bigger, etc.); one or two levels (better, more mature, etc.)

noun:

• manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour

noun:

• neighboring or surrounding country; neighbouring or surrounding country

noun / ~する noun:

• installment payment or delivery; instalment payment or delivery