Word Meaning 虎海老

とらえび toraebi

虎海老 is read as とらえび (toraebi) and means tora velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis acclivis).

Meaning

English

tora velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis acclivis)

Reading

Kana

とらえび

Romaji

toraebi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 148137 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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おおばうちわえび

smooth fan lobster (Ibacus novemdentatus)

桜海老

さくらえび

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芝海老

しばえび

shiba shrimp (prawn, Metapenaeus joyneri)

団扇海老

うちわえび

fan lobster (Ibacus spp., esp. the Japanese fan lobster, Ibacus ciliatus)

乙姫海老

おとひめえび

banded coral shrimp (Stenopus hispidus)

剥き海老

むきえび

shelled shrimp (that have also had their heads removed)

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いばらもえび

spiny lebbeid (Lebbeus groenlandicus)

海老

えび

prawn

手長海老

てながえび

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

大正海老

たいしょうえび

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