鮒 - carp

cowardly, good-for-nothing samurai from the countryside

crucian carp caught in midwinter

Carassius langsdorfii

Carassius auratus grandoculis (subspecies of goldfish)

(artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp

roundtail paradisefish (Macropodus ocellatus)

person or thing in imminent danger; fish on the chopping board

imminent danger; impending hardship

funazushi; old-style fermented crucian carp sushi

crucian carp (Carassius spp.)

Carassius buergeri

Japanese crucian carp (Carassius cuvieri); white crucian carp