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noun
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prawn, shrimp, lobster, crayfish
Other readings:
蝦【えび】
、蛯【えび】
、鰕【えび】
、エビ
noun
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men and women of all ages(yojijukugo)
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老若男女【ろうじゃくだんじょ】
noun
1.
elder statesman, doyen, old-timer, authority
2.
Genro (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
na-adjective, no-adjective, noun
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experienced, veteran, skilled, expert
noun
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member of shogun's council of elders
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老中【ろうぢゅう】
noun
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reading (farsighted) glasses, spectacles for the aged
noun
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whiskered velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis barbata), red rice prawn(usually kana)
Other readings:
あかえび《赤蝦》
、アカエビ
noun
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Japanese lobster (Metanephrops japonicus)(usually kana)
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アカザエビ
noun
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northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis), sweet shrimp, northern pink prawn, red shrimp, Maine shrimp(usually kana)
See also:北国赤海老
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あまえび《甘海老》
、アマエビ
noun
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angular Solomon's seal (Polygonatum odoratum), scented Solomon's seal(usually kana)
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アマドコロ
noun
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spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
Other readings:
伊勢エビ【いせエビ】
、伊勢えび【いせえび】
、伊勢蝦【いせえび】
、竜蝦【いせえび】[1]
、イセエビ
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun
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Indian bait prawn (Palaemon pacificus)(usually kana)
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いそすじえび《磯筋海老》
、イソスジエビ
noun
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spiny lebbeid (Lebbeus groenlandicus)(usually kana)
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イバラモエビ
noun
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giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon), black tiger prawn(usually kana)
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ウシエビ
noun
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fan lobster (Ibacus spp., esp. the Japanese fan lobster, Ibacus ciliatus), sand crayfish(usually kana)
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ウチワエビ
noun
1.
goldfish with a shrimp-like tail(only relevant for えびお)
2.
head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)
Other readings:
海老尾【かいろうび】
、蝦尾【えびお】
noun
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crayfish (esp. red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii)(usually kana, colloquialism)
See also:アメリカザリガニ
Other readings:
えびがに《蝦蟹》
、エビガニ
noun
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Japanese wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius), wine raspberry, wineberry(usually kana)
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エビガライチゴ
noun, no-adjective
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being bent (with age), being stooped over
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海老腰【えびごし】
noun
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Japanese bondage torture (bound victim sits cross-legged with their arms tied behind them, and the rope is tightened until their ankles touch their neck)
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蝦責め【えびぜめ】
noun
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holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)
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えび反り【えびぞり】
noun
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stir-fried shrimp in chili sauce(usually kana, abbreviation)(abbr. of 海老のチリソース煮)
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エビチリ
expression, Godan-ru verb
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to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale, to use a sprat to catch a mackerel, to get big returns on a small investment(idiom )
noun
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Calanthe discolor (species of orchid)(usually kana)
Other readings:
えびね《蝦根》
、エビネ
noun
1.
helmet with white hair coming out of the top to make one look like an old person
See also:老冠
2.
kanji "old" radical at top
Godan-mu verb, intransitive verb
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to grow old, to weaken with age, to become senile
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
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to become decrepit and ugly with age
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老い曝える【おいさらばえる】
expression
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trust the judgement of the experienced, an old horse won't forget the way(proverb)(from the Han Feizi)
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老いたる馬は路を忘れず【おいたるうまはみちをわすれず】
expression
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be guided by your children when you are old(proverb)
expression
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man flourishes with age(proverb)
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老いてはますます壮んなるべし【おいてはますますさかんなるべし】
expression, noun
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repetitious harping of the elderly, oft-repeated tales by old folks, tedious and repetitive talk of old people, old man's rambling
noun
1.
dotage
2.
feeble-minded old man, senile old fool, dotard
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老い耄れ【おいぼれ】
Ichidan verb, intransitive verb
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to become decrepit, to become senile
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老い耄れる【おいぼれる】
noun
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old pine tree
Other readings:
老松【おいまつ】[1]
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun
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elderly woman
Other readings:
媼【おうな】
、老女【おうな】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
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smooth fan lobster (Ibacus novemdentatus)(usually kana)
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オオバウチワエビ
noun
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banded coral shrimp (Stenopus hispidus), coral banded shrimp, banded boxer shrimp(usually kana)
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おとひめえび《乙姫蝦》
、オトヒメエビ
na-adjective
1.
precocious(usually kana)
noun
2.
precocious child(usually kana)
Other readings:
おませ《お老成》
、おマセ
Nidan yu-verb (upper class), intransitive verb
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noun
1.
happy life partnership, living faithfully together till death(yojijukugo)(only relevant for かいろうどうけつ)
2.
Venus's flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum)(usually kana)
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カイロウドウケツ
noun
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tadpole shrimp (Triopsidae spp.), shield shrimp(usually kana)
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かぶとえび《兜海老》
、カブトエビ
noun
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Gelaohui (secret Chinese society of the late Qing dynasty)
See also:会党
expression
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even an outstanding person becomes inferior when getting old(proverb)
Other readings:
騏驎も老いぬれば駑馬に劣る【きりんもおいぬればどばにおとる】
noun
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historical or legendary practice of abandoning old people in the mountains, etc.
noun
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kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus), kuruma shrimp, Japanese tiger prawn
Other readings:
車えび【くるまえび】
、車エビ【くるまエビ】
、車蝦【くるまえび】
、クルマエビ
noun
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cash gift from local government to the elderly (often on 77th and 88th birthdays)
noun
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Respect-for-the-Aged Day (national holiday; third Monday in September)
noun
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Chinese white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus chinensis), oriental shrimp, fleshy prawn(usually kana)
See also:大正海老 (たいしょうえび)
Other readings:
コウライエビ
noun
1.
shrimp (infraorder Caridea)
2.
small shrimp, prawn or lobster
Other readings:
小海老【こえび】
、小蝦【こえび】
、コエビ
noun
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Council of Five Elders (committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age)
See also:五奉行
noun
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sakura shrimp (Sergia lucens)
Other readings:
桜えび【さくらえび】
、桜エビ【さくらエビ】
、桜蝦【さくらえび】
、サクラエビ
noun
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Calanthe tricarinata (species of orchid)(usually kana)
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サルメンエビネ
noun
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shiba shrimp (prawn, Metapenaeus joyneri)
Other readings:
芝エビ【しばエビ】
、芝えび【しばえび】
、シバエビ
noun
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kangaroo shrimp (Glyphus marsupialis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
しょうじょうえび《猩猩海老》
、しょうじょうえび《猩々蝦》
、しょうじょうえび《猩々海老》
、ショウジョウエビ
expression
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study hard while you are young, boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder(proverb)
Other readings:
少年老いやすく学成りがたし【しょうねんおいやすくがくなりがたし】
、少年老いやすく学なりがたし【しょうねんおいやすくがくなりがたし】