えび
Meanings
Noun
1. prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
Kanji used
shrimp
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (28 in total)
shrimp (infraorder Caridea); small shrimp, prawn or lobster
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus); kuruma shrimp; Japanese tiger prawn
sakura shrimp (Sergia lucens)
freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)
dried shrimp
goldfish with a shrimp-like tail; head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)
being bent (with age); being stooped over
tadpole shrimp (Triopsidae spp.); shield shrimp
Calanthe discolor (species of orchid)
snapping shrimp (Alpheus brevicristatus); pistol prawn
shrimp-shaped taro variety
botan shrimp (Pandalus nipponensis)
Yamato shrimp (Caridina multidentata); Amano shrimp
gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea)
Branchinella kugenumaensis (species of fairy shrimp)
whiskered velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis barbata); red rice prawn
lake prawn (Palaemon paucidens)
lake prawn (Palaemon paucidens)
kangaroo shrimp (Glyphus marsupialis)
kangaroo shrimp (Glyphus marsupialis)
Japanese glass shrimp (Pasiphaea japonica)
broad velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis lata); shiba shrimp (Metapenaeus joyneri)
banded coral shrimp (Stenopus hispidus); coral banded shrimp; banded boxer shrimp