| Kanji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|
| 伊勢海老 | いせえび | イセエビ |
Pronunciation: iseebi
How to Say It Outloud: ee-say-eh-bee
Usage: Commonly used to refer to spiny lobsters, often found in Japanese cuisine.
Example Sentence Japanese:
昨日、伊勢海老を食べました。
昨日、伊勢海老を食べました。Example Sentence English:I ate spiny lobster yesterday.
I ate spiny lobster yesterday.| Kanji | Katakana |
|---|---|
| ロブスター | ロブスター |
Pronunciation: robusutaa
How to Say It Outloud: ro-boo-su-tah
Usage: Used to refer to lobsters, especially the type found in Western cuisine.
Example Sentence Japanese:レストランでロブスターを注文しました。
レストランでロブスターを注文しました。Example Sentence English:I ordered a lobster at the restaurant.
I ordered a lobster at the restaurant.Dictionary
海老えびCommon word
Noun- prawn; shrimp; lobster
- Ebi
- Shrimp
ロブスターロブスター
Noun- lobster
- Lobster
伊勢海老いせえび
Noun- spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
- Japanese spiny lobster
オマールオマール
Noun- lobster
- Aumale (Algeria)
オマール海老オマールえび
Noun- lobster
海ザリガニうみザリガニ
Noun- lobster
大エビおおえび
Noun- large shrimp; king prawn; lobster
団扇海老うちわえび
Noun- fan lobster (Ibacus spp., esp. the Japanese fan lobster, Ibacus ciliatus); sand crayfish
- Ibacus
蝉海老せみえび
Noun- blunt slipper lobster (species of shovel-nosed lobster, Scyllarides squammosus)
- Scyllarides
藜海老あかざえび
Noun- Japanese lobster (Metanephrops japonicus)
- Metanephrops japonicus
天社蛾しゃちほこが
Noun- lobster moth (Stauropus fagi persimilis)
姫蝉海老ひめせみえび
Noun- slipper lobster of genus Scyllarus (esp. species Scyllarus cultrifer)
箱海老はこえび
Noun- Japanese spear lobster (Linuparus trigonus)
かご漁かごりょう
Noun- fishing baskets (esp. for crabs, lobsters, etc.); lobster pots
茹で海老ゆでえび
Noun- boiled red prawn, shrimp, lobster, etc. (sometimes used as a New Year decoration)
大歯団扇海老おおばうちわえび
Noun- smooth fan lobster (Ibacus novemdentatus)
スカンピスカンピ
Noun- scampi (Nephrops norvegicus); Dublin Bay prawn; Norway lobster
- scampi (dish of various crustaceans)
茹でタコゆでだこ
Noun- boiled octopus
- person with red flushed skin
小エビこエビ
Noun- shrimp (infraorder Caridea)
- small shrimp, prawn or lobster
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