ウナギ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (32 in total)
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
lamprey; lamprey eel
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata); marbled eel
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides)
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
eel donburi; bowl of rice topped with eel
eel donburi; bowl of rice topped with eel
eel restaurant
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
long, narrow house (e.g. traditional Kyoto townhouse); (lit.) eel bed
eel kabayaki with rice
broiled eel on rice with green tea poured on top
eel going downstream to spawn
tofu-based mock eel dish
hagfish (esp. Myxine garmani)
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
reedfish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus); ropefish
whiptail gulper (any gulper eel of family Saccopharyngidae)
slender snipe eel (Nemichthys scolopaceus)
European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
tofu-based mock eel dish
elver (type of eel)
eel-like sea creature (i.e. saltwater eels, sea snakes, etc.)
tofu-based mock eel dish
Examples (3 in total)
There are eels in this river.
Tonight we will eat grilled eels.
Some people dislike eels because they look like snakes.