The Japanese word for prawn is
エビ
ebi
Japanese Definition
| prawn | |
| 1. エビ, 海老 |
Translations for prawn and their definitions
| エビ | |
| 1. prawn | |
| 2. shrimp |
| 海老 | |
| 1. n. any long-tailed decapod crustacean or arthropod: | |
| 2. n. a crayfish | |
| 3. n. : (hypo, ja, 蝲蛄, tr=zarigani, 蝉海老, tr2=semiebi) | |
| 4. n. a lobster | |
| 5. n. : (hypo, ja, 海蝲蛄, tr=umi zarigani) | |
| 6. n. a prawn | |
| 7. n. : (hypo, ja, 車海老, tr=kuruma-ebi, 大正海老, tr2=Taishō ebi) | |
| 8. n. a shrimp | |
| 9. n. a type of 家紋 with an ebi motif | |
| 10. n. Usage: This term is more generic than the English glosses. Where necessary, the meaning can be clarified by indicating type or size: | |
| 11. n. Usage: * | |
| 12. n. any long-tailed decapod crustacean or arthropod: | |
| 13. n. a crayfish | |
| 14. n. a lobster | |
| 15. n. a prawn | |
| 16. n. a shrimp | |
| 17. n. Usage: This reading is less common than ebi above. | |
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