えび

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of えび – see the following entries.

【海老】

[noun] any long-tailed decapod crustacean or arthropod:

[noun] a crayfish

[noun] a lobster

[noun] a prawn

[noun] a shrimp

[noun] Short for 海老錠 (ebijō): a padlock

[noun] a type of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with an ebi motif

[proper noun] a place name

[proper noun] a surname

Alternative spellings
蝦, 鰕, 魵, エビ

【葡萄】	[noun] (obsolete) grape

(This term, えび (ebi), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as えび, see Category:Japanese kanji read as えび.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 裛衣.)