Word Meaning 八つ目鰻

やつめうなぎ yatsumeunagi

八つ目鰻 is read as やつめうなぎ (yatsumeunagi) and means lamprey.

Meaning

English

  1. lamprey
  2. lamprey eel

Reading

Kana

やつめうなぎ

Romaji

yatsumeunagi

Writing Variants

  • 八目鰻 やつめうなぎ yatsumeunagi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

八十日目

やっとかめ

a long time (since the last time)

八目

やつめ

(of a fabric) having a loose knit

八分目

はちぶめ

eight-tenths

網目鰻

あみめうなぎ

reedfish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus)

岡目八目

おかめはちもく

bystander's vantage point

目八分

めはちぶん

about eight-tenths full

砂八目

すなやつめ

Far Eastern brook lamprey (Lethenteron reissneri)

シベリア八目

しべりあやつめ

Siberian brook lamprey (Lethenteron kessleri)

川八目

かわやつめ

Arctic lamprey (Lethenteron camtschaticum)

袋八目

ふくろやつめ

pouched lamprey (Geotria australis)

腹八分目

はらはちぶんめ

being moderate in eating

腹八分目に医者いらず

はらはちぶんめにいしゃいらず

eating moderately keeps the doctor away