死んだ魚の目

しんださかなのめ

empty eyes; thousand-yard stare; blank glaze; expressionless look; eyes of a dead fish

虱目魚

さばひい サバヒー しらみめぎょ

milkfish (Chanos chanos)

赤目魚

めなだ メナダ

redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)

魚目燕石

imitation that looks identical to the original; fake causing the original to lose value

四つ目魚

よつめうお ヨツメウオ

four-eyed fish (Anableps spp.)

旬の魚

しゅんのさかな

fish in season

ウの目タカの目

ウのめタカのめ うのめたかのめ

eyes of a predator, keen eyes, eyes of a cormorant, eyes of a hawk

魚

さかな うお

fish

呑舟の魚

どんしゅうのうお どんしゅうのさかな

big fish, great man, notorious man

金魚のフン

きんぎょのフン

person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; mindless follower; goldfish feces

釜中の魚

fish in a pot about to be boiled; person who is blissfully unaware of deadly danger

池魚の殃

ちぎょのわざわい

collateral damage; getting embroiled in someone else's dispute; having a fire spread to one's own house

俎上の魚

そじょうのうお

being in a helpless situation; (like a) fish on a chopping board

金魚の糞

きんぎょのふん きんぎょのうんこ

person who tags along, hanger-on, person who follows someone around like a shadow, clingy person, goldfish feces

魚の食い

さかなのくい

fish biting (striking, taking bait)

潮の目

しおのめ

point where two ocean currents meet (e.g. a warm current and a cold current)

目の色

めのいろ

eye color, eye colour

蛇の目

じゃのめ

bull's-eye (pattern), double ring (pattern)

夜の目

よのめ

eyes of the night