鯵あじ (aji)

アジの干物ひものは大好だいすきです

I love dried horse mackerel.

鯵は海の中間層を回遊する。

Mackerel migrate in the ocean midwater.

今日きょうの朝飯あさめしは鯵あじのひらきと味噌汁みそしるだった。

Today's breakfast was dried mackerel and miso soup.

魚は他にも、鯨、初鰹、烏賊、白魚、秋刀魚、鯵など旬の物も売られていた。

The vendor sold other fishes in season including whale meat, the season's first bonito, cuttlefish, whitebait, saury, and horse mackerel.

後拾遺和歌集の撰者に小鯵を送って入集を願ったという逸話が残されている。

There remains an anecdote that he sent horse mackerels to a selector of Goshui Wakashu (Later Gleanings of Japanese poems) in the hope that his waka poems would be selected.

それ以前は素材に鯛のほか鯵などが用いられることもある「ひゅうが飯」であったという。

Before that, 'Hyuga meshi' in which aji (Japanese horse mackerel) is used was popular, besides sea bream.

日本料理では主にコンブ・鰹節・鯵節・煮干し（いりこ）・トビウオ・焼き干しなどを煮て作る。

In Japanese cuisine, soup stock is extracted by simmering konbu (a kind of kelp), katsuobushi (a dried bonito), ajibushi (dried scad), niboshi (also called iriko) (small dried sardines), dried flying fish and other varieties of dried fish.

安価な魚（鯵・サバ・秋刀魚等）を用いた焼き魚は、家庭におけるもっとも一般的かつ伝統的な料理である。

Yakizakana using inexpensive fish like aji, saba (mackerel) and sanma (saury) are the most common and traditional dishes served at home.

また、味付けによって「鯵の塩焼き」「ブリの照焼き」と「食材名+味付け」で具体的に表現することもある。

It may be specifically called in a 'food and flavor' format such as 'aji no shioyaki' ("aji" is a horse mackerel and "shioyaki" means to broil with salt) and 'buri no teriyaki' ("buri" is a yellowtail and "teriyaki" means to grill with soy sauce and sugar).

和朝食には卵の他に、飯と味噌汁、漬け物、水産加工品（鯵の干物や乾燥海苔、もしくは海苔の佃煮）、卵焼き、および納豆等が配膳されることが多い。

In addition to the egg, the Japanese breakfast plate usually includes rice, miso soup, tsukemono (Japanese pickled vegetables), processed seafood (dried horse mackerel, dried seaweed, or tsukudani (boiled in sweetened soy sauce) of seaweed), Japanese style omelet, and natto (fermented soybeans).