SEAFOOD WINTER Fish

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Seafood in Winter : FISH

***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Winter
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation



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Early Winter

Cod hatsu tara 初鱈 (はつたら) first tara of the season



smelt, shishamo 柳葉魚 (ししゃも)
the name comes from the Ainu language
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grilling shihsamo, shishamo yaku ししゃも焼く（ししゃもやく）
They are also often eaten with the roe, komochi shishamo
Stint


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Mid-Winter

Yellowtail, first yellowtail, hatsu buri
初鰤 (はつぶり)


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Late Winter



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All Winter

Alaska pollack, sukesoodara 助宗鱈 (すけそうだら)
Theragra chalcogramma
..... sukesoo dara 介党鱈（すけとうだら）
"Tara from Sado Island, "Sadodara 佐渡鱈（さどだら）
"fish with roe", mentaigyo 明太魚（めんたいぎょ）
fish roe from Alaska pollack, momijiko 紅葉子（もみじこ）
Alaska-Seelachs, Alaska-Pollack



angler fish, ankoo 鮟鱇 (あんこう)
Lophiomus setigerus
"biwa fish", biwagyo 琵琶魚（びわぎょ）
"old woman fish", robagyoo 老婆魚（ろうばぎょ）
kaseigyo 華臍魚（かせいぎょ）, jugyo 綬魚（じゅぎょ）
hanging angler fish up for cutting, anko no tsurushigiri
鮟鱇の吊し切り（あんこうのつるしぎり）
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..... especially liked for its raw liver (ankimo)and ankonabe hodgepodge in winter.
Seeteufel


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Cod tara 鱈 (たら) codfish, haddock
tara "snow fish" 雪魚（たら）
"real cod", madara 真鱈（まだら）, hondara 、本鱈（ほんだら）
"tara along the beach" isodara 磯鱈（いそだら）
"tara in the open sea", okidara 沖鱈（おきだら）
taraba, place to fish for tara 鱈場（たらば）
tarabune, ship to fish for tara 鱈船（たらぶね）
tara ami, net to catch tara 鱈網（たらあみ）
tarako, roe of the cod 鱈子（たらこ）
tarachiri, hodgepodge with tara 鱈ちり（たらちり）
tarajiru, soup with tara 鱈汁（たらじる）, dongarajiru 寒鱈汁（どんがら汁）


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Dolphin, iruka 海豚 (いるか)
lit. "pig of the sea"
ma iruka 真海豚（まいるか）oceanic dolphin
gondoo kujira ごんどう鯨（ごんどうくじら）
hunting for dolphines, irukagari 海豚狩（いるかがり）
Delphin

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Globefish, Blowfish (fugu 河豚)


Gurnard, hooboo 竹麦魚 (ほうぼう)
Chelidonichthys spinosus
Knurrhahn
. . . . . and another kind of gurnard
kanagashira 方頭魚 かながしら
"gold head", kanagashira 金頭（かながしら）
"fire fish", hi uo 火魚（ひうお）

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Herring, round herring, urume　ウルメ, 潤目鰯


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marlin, kajiki maguro 梶木鮪 (かじきまぐろ, 旗魚鮪)
..... kajiki 旗魚
swordfish
fishing for marlin, kajiki tsuri かじき釣り（かじきつり）


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pomfret, silver pomfret, managatsuo 鯧 (まながつお)
harvest fish

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Sandfish, hatahata 雷魚 (はたはた, 鰰, 鱩)
Arctoscopus japonicus
..... "thunder fish", kaminari uo かみなりうお
speciality of Akita
Sandbandfisch



Shark, same　鮫 (さめ)
Shark 鮫 (さめ) same Haifisch
superorder Selachimorpha
fuka 鱶（ふか）
"blue shark", yoshikirizame 葭切鮫（よしきりざめ）
its fins are used for sharks fin soup
aozame 青鮫（あおざめ）
"star shark", spotted smooth-hound shark, hoshizame 星鮫（ほしざめ）
"tiger shark", torazame 虎鮫（とらざめ）
"cat shark", bullhead shark, nekozame 猫鮫（ねこざめ）
"saw shark", spurdog shark, nokogirizame 鋸鮫（のこぎりざめ）
and many more shark types

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Tuna, maguro　鮪 (まぐろ)
shibi しび, binnaga 鰭長（びんなが）
mebachi めばち
boat for fishing for tuna, magurobune 鮪船（まぐろぶね）
fishing for tuna, maguro tsuri 鮪釣（まぐろつり）
net for tuna, maguro ami 鮪網（まぐろあみ）
"black tuna", bluefin tuna, kuromaguro 黒鮪（くろまぐろ）
"real tuna", hon maguro 本鮪（ほんまぐろ）
Thunfisch
maguro no oroshiae まぐろのおろしあえ
mit geriebenem Rettich angemachter Thunfisch


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Whales, kujira 鯨


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Yellowtail, buri 鰤 (ぶり)
Seriola quinqueradiata
big yellowtail, ooburi 大鰤（おおぶり）
"a tonsured goblin", nyuudoo 入道（にゅうどう）
"big fish" ooio 大魚（おおいお）
net for catching yellowtail 鰤網（ぶりあみ）
place for fishing, buriba 鰤場（ぶりば）
salted yellowtail, shioburi 塩鰤（しおぶり）
rolled yellowtail, makiburi 巻鰤（まきぶり）

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speciality of Noto peninsula
Gelbschwanz
thunder in winter, when the yellowtail are coming,
buri okoshi 鰤起し（ぶりおこし）
Yellowtail is used for the New Year soup (zooni) in Western Japan.

yellowtail in the cold, kanburi 寒鰤 (かんぶり)
kigo for late winter

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eel (capitone) in Italy
The capitone is offered during the Christmas eve dinner which only consists of fish courses.

on the table cloth
the capitone waits
for its turn

Moussia, Italy

Roast Eel, Capitone Arrosto
This is a classic Christmas Eve dish from Altamura, in northwestern Puglia, Italy.
I remember in Germany we also have eel as a favorite winter fish, because of its fat.
In Japan, as we saw above, the eel is eaten in the middle of the summer heat.

Gabi Greve

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sea bream waffles, taiyaki　鯛焼き


stall selling tai waffles, taiyaki ya 鯛焼屋（たいやきや）

This is a sweet, a kind of waffle filled with sweet red bean paste and sold at streat stalls, especially during the cold winter days. It has the form of a sea bream, hence the name.
The TAI itself is an auspicious fish, because its word tail, so to speak, is the same as the end of the word MEDETAI, auspicious. It is eaten at special ceremonies and the New Year.

..... fishing for tai with a large net, taiami 鯛網
kigo for late spring.


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New Year

A lot of fish and seafood is prepared for the special dishes of
the New Year Season, O-Setchi Ryori
(osetchi ryoori おせち料理, 御節料理 )
New Year Food, Neujahrsessen



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Fish as Topic

Many contributions in this category might even be considered senryu.


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Worldwide use


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Things found on the way


shinkaigyo しんかいぎょ (深海魚) deep-sea fish
in more than 200 meters. Many are caught in the Bay of Suruga.
Tiefseefisch.
There are special sushi shops in Heda and Doi to sell these.
深海魚の寿司 shinkaigyo no sushi!

げほう→トウジン ... gehoo ... toojin. Coelorinchus japonicus
とろぼっち→アオメエソ　... torobotchi ... aome eso 青眼狗母魚. greeneyes. Chlorophthalmus albatrossis
めぎす→ニギス ... megisu ... nigisu. Japanese argentine. Glossanodon semifasciata
どんこ→エゾイソアイナメ ... tongo ... ezoin ainame 蝦夷磯相甞. brown hakeling. Physiculus maximowiczi
ごそ→ハシキンメ ... goso ... hashikinme. "golden eye" . Gephyroberyx japonicus
赤かさご→シロカサゴ ... akasago ... shiro kasago . Setarches longimanus . kasago 笠子 is a rock fish




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kengyo 献魚 (けんぎょ) fish as an offering
Fisch als Opfergabe
kengyosai 献魚祭 Ceremony with a fish offering
Especially at Oki no Shima (沖ノ島) and other shrines


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HAIKU






旅人に昨日は岩魚今日は鮎
tabibito ni kinoo wa iwana kyoo wa ayu

for the traveller
yesterday local trout
today sweetfish

Morita Toge 森田峠
避暑散歩

iwana, Salvelinus pluvius
ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis


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Related words

***** funaryoori 船料理 (ふなりょうり) food served on board a ship or boat


WASHOKU : SUSHI SUSHI
Decorations and Vocabulary


***** WASHOKU : SEAFOOD

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