エビ

Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of エビ – see the following entry.

[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

(This term, エビ, is the katakana spelling of the above term.)