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うなぎ
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Meanings
Noun
1. eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica) (Usually kana)
Other spellings
鰻うなぎ
Other readings
ウナギ
Kanji in other spellings
鰻eel
Pitch accent
うなぎ
Used in vocabulary
やつめうなぎ
lamprey; lamprey eel
Noun
鰻うなぎ登のぼり
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
Noun
にほんうなぎ
Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)
Noun
電でん気き鰻うなぎ
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
Noun
しびれうなぎ
electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
Noun
落おち鰻うなぎ
eel going downstream to spawn
Noun
あみめうなぎ
reedfish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus); ropefish
Noun
ふうせんうなぎ
whiptail gulper (any gulper eel of family Saccopharyngidae)
Noun
鰻うなぎ茶ちゃ漬づけ
broiled eel on rice with green tea poured on top
Noun
精しょう進じんうなぎ
tofu-based mock eel dish
Noun
Examples3
Holding an eel too fast is the way to let her escape.
The eel I caught last week is still alive.
Some people dislike eels because they look like snakes.