轍鮒

てっぷ

imminent danger, like a carp stuck in a puddle on the road

鮒

ふな

crucian carp (Carassius spp.)

轍

わだち てつ

rut, wheel track, furrow

寒鮒

かんぶな かんふな

crucian carp caught in midwinter

銀鮒

ぎんぶな ギンブナ

Carassius langsdorfii

箆鮒

(artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp

金鮒

きんぶな キンブナ

Carassius buergeri

鮒侍

ふなざむらい

cowardly, good-for-nothing samurai from the countryside

前轍

ぜんてつ

wheel tracks left by vehicles that have passed before

転轍

てんてつ うたてわだち

switching or shunting (of a rail car)

轍叉

てっさ わだちまた

railway frog

朝鮮鮒

ちょうせんぶな チョウセンブナ

roundtail paradisefish (Macropodus ocellatus)

鮒寿司

ふなずし

funazushi, old style fermented crucian carp sushi

煮頃鮒

にごろぶな ニゴロブナ

Carassius auratus grandoculis (subspecies of goldfish)

転轍手

てんてつしゅ

switchman, pointsman, rail transport worker who operated railway switches (points)

転轍機

てんてつき

switch (of a railroad), points (of a railway)

源五郎鮒

げんごろうぶな ゲンゴロウブナ

Japanese crucian carp (Carassius cuvieri), white crucian carp

轍を踏む

てつをふむ

to repeat a mistake (of somebody), to make the same mistake as that of..., to follow the rut (left by someone else)

前車の轍を踏む

ぜんしゃのてつをふむ

to repeat the mistake of somebody, to make the same mistake as that of..., to follow the rut of the preceding cart