(politics, historical, archaic) the minister of the left, the second-highest government position in the 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system)

The way to distinguish an olive flounder from a righteye flounder. 鮃(ひらめ) (hirame, “olive flounder”) can be distinguished from 鰈(かれい) (karei, “righteye flounder”) by noting that the eyes of the former are on the left and the eyes of the latter are on the right.