This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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松魚、堅魚
かつお、しょうぎょ、カツオ
skipjack tuna; bonito (Katsuwonus pelamis)
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かつお節

カツオ節、鰹節
かつおぶし、カツオぶし、かつぶし
katsuobushi; small pieces of sliced dried bonito
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真魚鰹

まながつお、マナガツオ
butterfish (any fish of family Stromateidae, esp. species Pampus punctatissimus); harvestfish; rudderfish
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鰹木

堅魚木
かつおぎ
log on the roof of a shrine set perpendicular to the ridgepole
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鰹節虫

かつおぶしむし
dermestid beetle
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鰹の烏帽子

かつおのえぼし、カツオノエボシ
Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)
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花鰹

花がつお、花かつお
はながつお、はなかつお
dried bonito shavings
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猫に鰹節

exp
ねこにかつおぶし
temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk
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宗太鰹

惣太鰹
そうだがつお、ソウダガツオ
frigate tuna (Auxis spp.)
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初鰹

初松魚
はつがつお
the first bonito of the season