Word Meaning 穴子

あなご anago

穴子 is read as あなご (anago) and means conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster).

Meaning

English

conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster)
garden eel

Reading

Kana

あなご

Romaji

anago

Writing Variants

海鰻あなご anago

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 80087 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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川穴子

かわあなご

spinycheek sleeper (Eleotris oxycephala)

真穴子

まあなご

common Japanese conger eel (Conger myriaster)

金剛穴子

こんごうあなご

snubnosed eel (Simenchelys parasitica)

錦穴子

にしきあなご

splendid garden eel (Gorgasia preclara)

屑穴子

くずあなご

duck-billed eel (Nettastoma parviceps)

狆穴子

ちんあなご

spotted garden eel (Heteroconger hassi)

虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず

こけつにいらずんばこじをえず

nothing ventured, nothing gained

穴

あな

(partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre)

穴熊

あなぐま

Eurasian badger (Meles meles)

穴埋め

あなうめ

cloze deletion (test format)

穴場

あなば

betting booth (at a racecourse)

穴が開く

あながあく

to have a hole