| Kanji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|
| 海老 | えび | エビ |
Pronunciation: ebi
How to Say It Outloud: eh-bee
Usage: Used to refer to shrimp in general contexts, either in culinary terms or when talking about the sea creature.
Example Sentence Japanese:
夕食に海老を食べました。
夕食に海老を食べました。Example Sentence English:I ate shrimp for dinner.
I ate shrimp for dinner.Dictionary
海老えびCommon word
Noun- prawn; shrimp; lobster
- Ebi
- Shrimp
北国赤海老ほっこくあかえび
Noun- northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis); sweet shrimp; northern pink prawn; red shrimp; Maine shrimp
- Pandalus borealis
シュリンプシュリンプ
Noun- shrimp
かき揚げかきあげ
Noun- mixed vegetable and seafood tempura
- Kakiage
甘えびあまえび
Noun- northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis); sweet shrimp; northern pink prawn; red shrimp; Maine shrimp
乙姫海老おとひめえび
Noun- banded coral shrimp (Stenopus hispidus); coral banded shrimp; banded boxer shrimp
- Stenopus hispidus
割殻われから
Noun- skeleton shrimp (Caprella mutica); spectre shrimp; specter shrimp
兜蝦かぶとえび
Noun- tadpole shrimp (Triopsidae spp.); shield shrimp
- Notostraca
小エビこエビ
Noun- shrimp (infraorder Caridea)
- small shrimp, prawn or lobster
大和沼蝦やまとぬまえび
Noun- Yamato shrimp (Caridina multidentata); Amano shrimp
大正海老たいしょうえび
Noun- Chinese white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus chinensis); oriental shrimp; fleshy prawn
高麗海老こうらいえび
Noun- Chinese white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus chinensis); oriental shrimp; fleshy prawn
背わたせわた
Noun- vein of a shrimp (prawn); digestive tract of a shrimp; sand vein
大エビおおえび
Noun- large shrimp; king prawn; lobster
蝦蛄しゃこ
Noun- mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria); mantis crab; squilla
- Oratosquilla oratoria
車海老くるまえび
Noun- kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus); kuruma shrimp; Japanese tiger prawn
- Marsupenaeus
牡丹海老ぼたんえび
Noun- botan shrimp (Pandalus nipponensis)
芝海老しばえび
Noun- shiba shrimp (prawn, Metapenaeus joyneri)
醤蝦あみ
Noun- opossum shrimp (Mysida spp.); mysid
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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