ウナギ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
Pitch accent
ナギ
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Used in vocabulary (28 in total)
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
lamprey; lamprey eel
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides)
bowl of eel and rice (donburi)
eel restaurant
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
eel kabayaki with rice
long, narrow house (e.g. traditional Kyoto townhouse); (lit.) eel bed
giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata); marbled eel
eel going downstream to spawn
broiled eel on rice with green tea poured on top
elver (type of eel)
tofu-based mock eel dish
hagfish (esp. the species Myxine garmani from Japan)
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)
tofu-based mock eel dish
eel-like sea creature (i.e. saltwater eels, sea snakes, etc.)
tofu-based mock eel dish
Examples (1 in total)
My hovercraft is full of eels.