Your search matched 15 words and 5 sentences.
Search Terms: 海老*

Dictionary results(showing 15 results)


noun
prawn, shrimp, lobster, crayfish
Other readings:
【えび】
【えび】
【えび】
エビ

noun
shrimp-shaped taro variety(usually kana)
See also:サトイモ,  京芋
Other readings:
えびいも《蝦芋》
えびいも《えび芋》
エビイモ

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
crayfish (esp. red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii)(usually kana, colloquialism)
Other readings:
えびがに《蝦蟹》
エビガニ

noun
Japanese wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius), wine raspberry, wineberry(usually kana)
Other readings:
エビガライチゴ

noun, no-adjective
being bent (with age), being stooped over
Other readings:
海老腰【えびごし】

noun
padlock
Other readings:
蝦錠【えびじょう】

noun
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)
Other readings:
蝦責め【えびぜめ】

noun
holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)
Other readings:
えび反り【えびぞり】

noun
maroon, reddish-brown
Other readings:
えび茶【えびちゃ】
葡萄茶【えびちゃ】

noun
stir-fried shrimp in chili sauce(usually kana, abbreviation)(abbr. of 海老のチリソース煮)
Other readings:
エビチリ

たい
ebidetaiwotsuru
expression, Godan-ru verb
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
Calanthe discolor (species of orchid)(usually kana)
Other readings:
えびね《蝦根》
エビネ

noun
fried prawns, fried shrimp(usually kana)
Other readings:
エビフライ

noun
shrimp with mayonnaise(usually kana, food term)
Other readings:
エビマヨ

Sentence results (showing 5 results)


Have some frozen lobster at any rate

わた
私の
から
Prawns don't agree with me

Have some lobster at any rate

I don't want to eat a live lobster

海老
たい
Throw a sprat to catch a whale