eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box
bowl of eel and rice (donburi)
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
long, narrow house (e.g. traditional Kyoto townhouse); (lit.) eel bed
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata); marbled eel
broiled eel on rice with green tea poured on top
eel going downstream to spawn
Erabu black-banded sea krait (Laticauda semifasciata)
garden eel; conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster)
omelette-wrapped eel; basted, roasted eel wrapped in a rolled omelette
Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)
inshore hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri, species found from Japan to Taiwan)
broiled eel on rice with green tea poured on top
pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides)
eel going downstream to spawn
eel-like sea creature (i.e. saltwater eels, sea snakes, etc.)
finely sliced eel and cucumber salad, dressed in sake, soy sauce and vinegar
finely sliced eel and cucumber salad, dressed in sake, soy sauce and vinegar
hagfish (esp. the species Myxine garmani from Japan)
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
reedfish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus); ropefish
whiptail gulper (any gulper eel of family Saccopharyngidae)
slender snipe eel (Nemichthys scolopaceus)
European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
European eel (Anguilla anguilla)