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Japanese Food

鰊 (Nishin)

Herring

  • にしん
  • Nishin
  • Pitch 1
  • water animals

Meaning

鰊 (にしん, Nishin) is Herring, a Japanese food (water animals).

What is Herring?

Nishin refers to the Pacific herring ( Clupea pallasii ). This word also is written as 鯡.