Kanji | Hiragana | Katakana |
---|---|---|
蟹 | かに | カニ |
Pronunciation: kani
How to Say It Outloud: kah-nee
Usage: Common word for crab in Japanese, used in everyday conversation and writing.
Example Sentence Japanese:私は蟹が好きです。
Example Sentence English:I like crabs.
Dictionary
蟹かにCommon word
Noun- crab
クラブ
Noun- crab
巨蟹宮きょかいきゅう
Noun- Cancer (4th zodiacal sign); the Crab
- Cancer (astrology)
かに座かにざ
Noun- Cancer (constellation); the Crab
鋸がざみのこぎりがざみ
Noun- mud crab (Scylla serrata); mangrove crab; swimming crab
花海棠はなかいどう
Noun- Hall's crab apple; flowering crab apple; Malus halliana
- Malus halliana
渡り蟹わたりがに
Noun- swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus); Japanese blue crab
- Portunidae
ずわい蟹ずわいがに
Noun- snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio); queen crab
- Chionoecetes opilio
台湾蝤蛑たいわんがざみ
Noun- blue swimming crab (Portunus pelagicus); flower crab; blue manna crab
クラブクラブCommon wordjlpt-n1
Noun- nightclub
- sports club; team
- (golf) club
- clubs (suit)
月夜の蟹つきよのかに
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)Noun
- crab with little meat; crab of a moonlit night
Noun
- something with no meat to it; something unsubstantial
隠れ蟹かくれがに
Noun- pea crab (any crab of the family Pinnotheridae)
タスマニアオオガニタスマニアオオガニ
Noun- Tasmanian giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas); bullcrab; giant crab; king crab
- Tasmanian giant crab
毬栗蟹いがぐりがに
Noun- Paralomis histrix (species of king crab); porcupine crab
天津飯てんしんはん
Noun- crab omelet on rice
- Tenshindon
潮招きしおまねき
Noun- fiddler crab (esp. species Uca arcuata)
- Fiddler crab
蝤蛑がざみ
Noun- swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus)
- Portunus trituberculatus
兜蟹かぶとがに
Noun- horseshoe crab
- Tachypleus tridentatus
赤手蟹あかてがに
Noun- red-clawed crab (Chiromantes haematocheir)
- Chiromantes haematocheir
味噌みそCommon wordjlpt-n4
Noun- miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans
- innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso
- key (main) point; good part (of something)
- weakling; weak person
- try
- Miso
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