Kanji蝦
Readingえび
Frequency4%
Used in (35 in total)
prawn; shrimp; lobster
freshwater shrimp; freshwater prawn; river shrimp
shrimp (infraorder Caridea); small shrimp, prawn or lobster
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
arching one's body backwards (like a shrimp); holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backwards like a shrimp (to represent being overwhelmed by someone's power)
large shrimp; king prawn; lobster
kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus); kuruma shrimp; Japanese tiger prawn
sakura shrimp (Lucensosergia lucens)
freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)
lock with a curved shape resembling a shrimp (used for gate bolts); padlock
dried shrimp
shiba shrimp (prawn, Metapenaeus joyneri)
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
botan shrimp (Pandalus nipponensis)
shrimp-shaped taro variety
crayfish (esp. red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii)
Vitis ficifolia (species of grapevine)
Paratya compressa (species of freshwater shrimp)
Yamato shrimp (Caridina multidentata); Amano shrimp
Branchinella kugenumaensis (species of fairy shrimp)
gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea)
whiskered velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis barbata); red rice prawn
lake prawn (Palaemon paucidens)
Indian bait prawn (Palaemon pacificus)
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
clearwing moth larva
southern rough shrimp (Trachysalambria curvirostris)