Kanji 鯛 Words: Meanings and Readings

鯛

たい

tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)

あこう鯛

あこうだい

Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae)

スペイン鯛

スペインだい

red sea bream (Pagellus bogaraveo)

たい焼き

たいやき

fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam

ヨーロッパ平鯛

ヨーロッパへだい

gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata)

一等鯛

いっとうだい

North Pacific squirrelfish (Sargocentron spinosissimum)

烏帽子鯛

えぼしだい

man-of-war fish (Nomeus gronovii)

浦内笛鯛

うらうちふえだい

Papuan black snapper (Lutjanus goldiei)

横縞黒鯛

よこしままくろだい

humpnose big-eye bream (Monotaxis grandoculis)

横条笛鯛

よこすじふえだい

spotstripe snapper (species of fish, Lutjanus ophuysenii)

黄鯛

きだい

yellowback sea bream (Dentex tumifrons)

海老で鯛を釣る

えびでたいをつる

to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale

茅渟鯛

ちぬだい

black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)

寒鯛

かんだい

Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)

甘鯛

あまだい

tilefish (Branchiostegus spp.)

金時鯛

きんときだい

red bigeye (Priacanthus macracanthus)

金目鯛

きんめだい

splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)

銀目鯛

ぎんめだい

silver eye (species of beardfish, Polymixia japonica)

空雀鯛

そらすずめだい

neon damselfish (Pomacentrus coelestis)

血鯛

ちだい

crimson sea bream (Evynnis japonica)

狐鯛

きつねだい

sharphead hogfish (Bodianus oxycephalus)

胡麻笛鯛

ごまふえだい

mangrove jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus)

胡椒鯛

こしょうだい

crescent sweetlips (species of fish, Plectorhinchus cinctus)

黒だい

くろだい

black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)

黒星饅頭鯛

くろほしまんじゅうだい

spotted scat (Scatophagus argus, species of Indo-Pacific scat which occurs in green and red morphs)

桜鯛

さくらだい

cherry anthias (Sacura margaritacea)

三筋琉球雀鯛

みすじりゅうきゅうすずめだい

whitetail dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus)

四條笛鯛

よすじふえだい

bluestripe snapper (Lutjanus kasmira)

糸引笛鯛

いとひきふえだい

chinamanfish (Symphorus nematophorus)

糸撚鯛

いとよりだい

golden threadfin bream (Nemipterus virgatus)

縦縞巾着鯛

たてじまきんちゃくだい

emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator)

出歯雀鯛

でばすずめだい

blue green damselfish (Chromis viridis, a damselfish from the Indo-Pacific)

松鯛

まつだい

tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis)

真鯛

まだい

red sea bream (Pagrus major)

仁座鯛

にざだい

scalpel sawtail (Prionurus scalprum)

雀鯛

すずめだい

pearl-spot chromis (Chromis notata, species of damselfish found in southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and China)

青武鯛

あおぶたい

Scarus ovifrons (species of parrotfish)

石垣鯛

いしがきだい

rock porgy (Oplegnathus punctatus)

石鯛

いしだい

striped beakfish (Oplegnathus fasciatus)

石笛鯛

いしふえだい

small-toothed jobfish (Aphareus furca)

赤鯛

あかだい

fish given to a tournament winner as congratulations

千年鯛

せんねんだい

emperor red snapper (Lutjanus sebae)

鯛の尾より鰯の頭

たいのおよりいわしのかしら

better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

鯛めし

たいめし

rice with minced sea bream (tai)

鯛も一人はうまからず

たいもひとりはうまからず

good food requires good company

鯛車

たいぐるま

traditional sea bream-shaped toy car

鷹の羽鯛

たかのはだい

spottedtail morwong (Goniistius zonatus)

的鯛

まとうだい

John Dory (Zeus faber)

笛吹鯛

ふえふきだい

Chinese emperor (species of emperor bream, Lethrinus haematopterus)

笛鯛

ふえだい

star snapper (species of fish, Lutjanus stellatus)

笛奴鯛

ふえやっこだい

longnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus, species of butterflyfish from the Indo-Pacific)

天竺鯛

てんじくだい

vertical-striped cardinalfish (Apogon lineatus)

姫鯛

ひめだい

lavender jobfish (Pristipomoides sieboldii)

浜鯛

はまだい

queen snapper (Etelis coruscans)

不鯛

ぶだい

Japanese parrotfish (Calotomus japonicus)

腐っても鯛

くさってもたい

a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond

平鯛

へだい

silver sea bream (Sparus sarba)

目鯛

めだい

Pacific barrelfish (Hyperoglyphe japonica)

瑠璃雀鯛

るりすずめだい

sapphire devil (Chrysiptera cyanea, damselfish from the Indo-West Pacific)

疣鯛

いぼだい

Japanese butterfish (Psenopsis anomala)

瘤鯛

こぶだい

(adult male) Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)

薔薇笛鯛

ばらふえだい

two-spot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar)