Kanji 鯰 Words: Meanings and Readings

なまずえ

woodblock print depicting a giant catfish (popular in Edo after the 1855 earthquake)

なまずひげ

drooping moustache

ヨーロッパおおなまず

Wels catfish (Silurus glanis)

さかさなまず

upside-down catfish (Synodontis nigriventris)

だいなまず

giant catfish (mythological being thought to cause earthquakes)

でんきなまず

electric catfish (any species of family Malapteruridae, esp. species Malapterurus electricus)

びわこおおなまず

Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)

ひょうたんなまず

(person) slippery as an eel

しびれなまず

electric catfish (any species of family Malapteruridae, esp. species Malapterurus electricus)

なまず

catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus)

なまずごう

earthquake simulator