さかな
 

expression, noun

Idiomatic expression.
  1. empty eyes, thousand-yard stare, blank glaze, expressionless look, eyes of a dead fish.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
さかな
 
死んだ魚の目 しんださかなのめ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

death, die
シ し.ぬ (3rd, N4)
bare bone, bad, wrong
ガツ ガチ タイ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
evening
ゆう セキ ゆ (1st, N4)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)
fish
さかな ギョ うお (2nd, N4)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)