ぼら

Etymology
. Japanese dictionaries do not indicate when this term first appears in text.

Monolingual sources speculate that this may be from some element ho ("fat") +, but there is no solid evidence for any ho element with this meaning; the closest by sound is , and the closest by meaning is.

The same fish name has suggestive overlap with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and, whence its modern 🇨🇬 name.

Noun

 * 1) flathead mullet,

Usage notes

 * This fish has different names depending on regional dialect and the size of the fish.  See . For a fuller list, see  (in Japanese).
 * This fish has different names depending on regional dialect and the size of the fish.  See . For a fuller list, see  (in Japanese).