うなぎ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
Kanji used
eel
Pitch accent
なぎ
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Used in vocabulary (29 in total)
eel restaurant
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
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
eel kabayaki with rice
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
lamprey; lamprey eel
eel going downstream to spawn
broiled eel on rice with green tea poured on top
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
eel-like sea creature (i.e. saltwater eels, sea snakes, etc.)
lamprey; lamprey eel
Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)
pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides)
reedfish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus); ropefish
whiptail gulper (any gulper eel of family Saccopharyngidae)
Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
hagfish (esp. the species Myxine garmani from Japan)
European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
slender snipe eel (Nemichthys scolopaceus)
Examples (1 in total)
My hovercraft is full of eels.