Play word 鳶飛魚躍 鳶飛魚躍 えんぴぎょやく Heaven's will that all of creation shall follow their original natures and live freely
Play word 平目 平目 ひらめ flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae)
Play word 網吞舟の魚を漏らす 網吞舟の魚を漏らす 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
Play word 木に縁って魚を求む 木に縁って魚を求む きによってうおをもとむ to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method
Play word 木に縁りて魚を求む 木に縁りて魚を求む きによりてうおをもとむ to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method
Play word 棘蝶々魚 棘蝶々魚 とげちょうちょううお threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga, species of the Indo-Pacific)
Play word 獺魚を祭る 獺魚を祭る かわうそうおをまつる one of the 72 climates (from the 16th to the 20th of the first lunar month)
Play word 躄魚 躄魚 いざりうお frogfish (any fish of family Antennariidae, esp. the striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus)