[ぎゅうづめ, gyuudume] (adj-na, n) packed like sardines; jammed
[しらすりょう, shirasuryou] (n) fishing for young anchovy, sardines, etc.
[すしづめ, sushidume] (n) jam-packed; packed in like sushi (like sardines)
[いしる;いしり;よしる;よしり, ishiru ; ishiri ; yoshiru ; yoshiri] (n) fish sauce made of salted and fermented sardines, mackerel, or squid; a specialty of the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture
[ごまめ, gomame] (n) (uk) (See 田作り・1) dried young anchovies (or sardines)
[にぼし, niboshi] (n) (small crunchy) dried sardines
[ちりめんじゃこ;ちりめんざこ(縮緬雑魚), chirimenjako ; chirimenzako ( chirimen zatsugyo )] (n) (uk) (See 白子干し・しらすぼし) dried young sardines
[たたみいわし, tatamiiwashi] (n) sheet of dried sardines
[あかいわし, akaiwashi] (n) pickled or dried sardines
[たいしゅうぎょ, taishuugyo] (exp) cheap fish for the masses (e.g. sardines, mackerel, pike)
[たづくり, tadukuri] (n) (1) (See 古女・ごまめ) small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar; (2) tilling a rice field; person who tills a paddy field
[しろこ, shiroko] (n) (1) young of sardines; whitebait; (2) (See 片口鰯, 真鰯, 鰻) fry of the Japanese anchovy, eel, etc.
[しらすぼし, shirasuboshi] (n) (See 縮緬雑魚) dried young sardines
[めざし, mezashi] (n) dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)