魚（さかな）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: fish
Example sentences
- 市場で新鮮な魚を買った。 — I bought some fresh fish at the market.
- うちの猫は魚が大好きだ。 — Our cat loves fish.
Idioms & proverbs containing “魚”
- 魚心あれば水心 (うおごころあればみずごころ) — kindness begets kindness; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours; if a fish is kind to the water, the water will be kind to the fish
- 水心あれば魚心 (みずごころあればうおごころ) — kindness begets kindness; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours; if the water is kind to the fish, the fish will be kind to the water
- 魚は頭から腐る (さかなはあたまからくさる) — the fish rots from the head; decay starts at the top
- 逃げた魚は大きい (にげたさかなはおおきい) — the biggest fish is always the one that got away
- 網呑舟の魚を漏らす (あみどんしゅうのうおをもらす) — the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through; the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere; fishes big enough to eat boats aren't caught by the net
- 魚心あれば水心あり (うおごころあればみずごころあり) — kindness begets kindness; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours; if a fish is kind to the water, the water will be kind to the fish
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “魚” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)