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にしん、かど、ニシン
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
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身欠き鰊

みかきにしん
dried, sliced herring
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鰊蕎麦

にしんそば
soba in hot broth, topped with a salty-sweet dried herring
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鰊曇り

にしんぐもり
cloudy weather near Hokkaido during the herrings season (from the third to the sixth lunar month)
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鰊粕

鯡粕
にしんかす
dried and pressed boiled herring (used as fertilizer)