Words — 71 found
えび
海老
1. prawn; shrimp; lobsterUsually written using kana alone
2. Ebi
蝦 【えび】、蛯 【えび】、鰕 【えび】、エビ
蝦: Rarely-used kanji form. 蛯: Rarely-used kanji form. 鰕: Rarely-used kanji form.
ちょうろう
長老
1. elder; senior
2. senior monkBuddhism
3. dean; presbyter; patriarch
4. Zhang Lu
ふくろう
梟
1. owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)Usually written using kana alone
不苦労 【ふくろう】、福来朗 【ふくろう】、フクロウ
不苦労: Ateji (phonetic) reading, Rarely-used kanji form. 福来朗: Ateji (phonetic) reading, Rarely-used kanji form.
いせえび
伊勢海老
1. spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
伊勢えび 【いせえび】、伊勢蝦 【いせえび】、竜蝦 【いせえび】、伊勢エビ 【いせエビ】、イセエビ
竜蝦: Irregular kanji usage.
1. old age; age; old people; the old; the aged; senior; elder
2. I; me; my humble selfArchaic, Humble (kenjougo) language, used by the elderly
ようろう
養老
1. making provision for the elderly; making provision for one's old age
2. spending one's old age in comfort
3. Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)
1. elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; authority
2. genrō (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)Historical term
1. (Edo-period) chief minister
1. perennial youth; eternal youth
ころう
古老
1. old person (knowledgeable about events of the distant past); elderly person; elder
故老 【ころう】
故老: Rarely-used kanji form.
おおえび
大海老
1. large shrimp; king prawn; lobster
大エビ 【おおえび】、大蝦 【おおえび】
大蝦: Rarely-used kanji form.
よこえび
横海老
1. gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea)Usually written using kana alone
横蝦 【よこえび】、ヨコエビ
うちわえび
団扇海老
1. fan lobster (Ibacus spp., esp. the Japanese fan lobster, Ibacus ciliatus); sand crayfishUsually written using kana alone
ウチワエビ
うしえび
牛海老
1. giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon); black tiger prawnUsually written using kana alone
ウシエビ
おとひめえび
乙姫海老
1. banded coral shrimp (Stenopus hispidus); coral banded shrimp; banded boxer shrimpUsually written using kana alone
乙姫蝦 【おとひめえび】、オトヒメエビ