Kanji 蝦 Words: Meanings and Readings

蛤

かえる

frog

蝦夷

えぞ

Yezo

蛯

えび

prawn

えぞ鹿

えぞしか

Hokkaido sika (Cervus nippon yesoensis)

えび芋

えびいも

shrimp-shaped taro variety

えび錠

えびじょう

lock with a curved shape resembling a shrimp (used for gate bolts)

オマール海老

オマールえび

lobster

がま口

がまぐち

(coin) purse with a metal clasp

伊勢えび

いせえび

spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)

磯筋海老

いそすじえび

Indian bait prawn (Palaemon pacificus)

横海老

よこえび

gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea)

沖醤蝦

おきあみ

krill

牡丹海老

ぼたんえび

botan shrimp (Pandalus nipponensis)

乙姫海老

おとひめえび

banded coral shrimp (Stenopus hispidus)

蝦夷にゅう

えぞにゅう

Angelica ursina (species of perennial herb)

蝦夷ねぎ

えぞねぎ

chives (Allium schoenoprasum var. schoenoprasum)

蝦夷茜

えぞあかね

yellow-winged darter (Sympetrum flaveolum)

蝦夷榎

えぞえのき

Japanese hackberry (Celtis jessoensis)

蝦夷黄菅

えぞきすげ

lemon day-lily (Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, formerly Hemerocallis flava)

蝦夷貝

えぞばい

Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)

蝦夷菊

えぞぎく

China aster (Callistephus chinensis)

蝦夷栗鼠

えぞりす

Hokkaido squirrel (subspecies of red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris orientis)

蝦夷五加

えぞうこぎ

Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus)

蝦夷黒貂

えぞくろてん

Japanese sable (subspecies of sable native to Hokkaido, Martes zibellina brachyura)

蝦夷山桜

えぞやまざくら

sargent cherry (Prunus sargentii)

蝦夷縞栗鼠

えぞしまりす

Tamias sibiricus lineatus (subspecies of Siberian chipmunk native to Hokkaido)

蝦夷小桜

えぞこざくら

wedgeleaf primrose (Primula cuneifolia)

蝦夷松

えぞまつ

Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis)

蝦夷上溝桜

えぞのうわみずざくら

bird cherry (Prunus padus)

蝦夷蝉

えぞぜみ

Lyristes japonicus (species of cicada)

蝦夷禅庭花

えぞぜんていか

day lily (Hemerocallis dumortieri)

蝦夷地

えぞち

Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido

蝦夷透百合

えぞすかしゆり

Siberian lily (Lilium pensylvanicum)

蝦夷白蝶

えぞしろちょう

black-veined white (species of butterfly, Aporia crataegi)

蝦夷法螺

えぞぼら

Ezo neptune (species of whelk, Neptunea polycostata)

蝦夷蔓金梅

えぞつるきんばい

Pacific silverweed (Potentilla egedii var. grandis)

蝦夷鳴兎

えぞなきうさぎ

Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis (subspecies of northern pika)

蝦夷雷鳥

えぞらいちょう

hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia)

蝦夷鈴蘭

えぞすずらん

Epipactis papillosa (species of orchid)

蝦夷狼

えぞおおかみ

Hokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai, extinct)

蝦夷羆

えぞひぐま

Hokkaido brown bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis)

蝦夷菫

えぞすみれ

Viola eizanensis (flower in the violet family)

蝦夷鼯鼠

えぞももんが

Pteromys volans orii (subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel, endemic to Hokkaido)

蝦蔓

えびづる

Vitis ficifolia (species of grapevine)

蝦蛄

しゃこ

mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria)

蝦蛄葉サボテン

しゃこばサボテン

Christmas cactus

蝦蟇腫

がましゅ

ranula

蝦蟇鮟鱇

がまあんこう

toadfish (any fish of family Batrachoididae, esp. the Pacuma toadfish, Batrachoides surinamensis)

蝦蟆

かま

toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)

海老蟹

えびがに

crayfish (esp. red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii)

海老腰

えびごし

being bent (with age)

海老根

えびね

Calanthe discolor (species of orchid)

海老尾

えびお

goldfish with a shrimp-like tail

兜海老

かぶとえび

tadpole shrimp (Triopsidae spp.)

乾蝦

ほしえび

dried shrimp

擬蝦夷法螺

えぞぼらもどき

double-sculptured neptune (species of whelk, Neptunea intersculpta)

糠蝦

あみ

opossum shrimp (Mysida spp.)

沙魚

はぜ

goby (fish)

桜えび

さくらえび

sakura shrimp (Lucensosergia lucens)

芝えび

しばえび

shiba shrimp (prawn, Metapenaeus joyneri)

車えび

くるまえび

kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus)

手長海老

てながえび

freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)

小海老

こえび

shrimp (infraorder Caridea)

条蝦

すじえび

lake prawn (Palaemon paucidens)

赤海老

あかえび

whiskered velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis barbata)

川蝦

かわえび

crawfish

大エビ

おおえび

lobster

大和沼蝦

やまとぬまえび

Yamato shrimp (Caridina multidentata)

鉄砲海老

てっぽうえび

snapping shrimp (Alpheus brevicristatus)

白海老

しらえび

Japanese glass shrimp (Pasiphaea japonica)

白海老

しろえび

broad velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis lata)

姫蝦夷法螺

ひめえぞぼら

arthritic neptune (species of whelk, Neptunea arthritica)

葡萄蔓虫

えびづるむし

clearwing moth larva

豊年蝦

ほうねんえび

Branchinella kugenumaensis (species of fairy shrimp)

猩々海老

しょうじょうえび

kangaroo shrimp (Glyphus marsupialis)