鰯 - sardine, (kokuji)

pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine

Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine

fish cake (made from sardines, used as a fertilizer); sardine meal

sheet of dried sardines

pickled sardines; dried sardines; red sardines

fertilizer made from dried sardines

minke whale; piked whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

attenuated spider fish (Bathypterois atricolor)

sardine and holly charm; sardine head and holly branch placed next to the front door during setsubun to ward off demons

faith is mysterious; faith is weird; even a pilchard's head (can be revered) through faith

lantern fish (any fish of family Myctophidae, esp. Watase's lanternfish, Diaphus watasei)

pilchard oil; sardine oil