Vocabulary
鯖
さば
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus)
noun
freq #900
Example sentences
早(はや)く帰(かえ)った方(ほう)がいい、暑(あつ)いから。サバは、生き腐(いきぐさ)れとも言(い)われるくらい足(あし)が早(はや)い。
It's hot, so you'd better head back quickly. Mackerel goes off so fast that they coined 'fresh-looking rotten fish'.