鰻

Meaning

鰻 refers specifically to the eel, a long, snake-like fish.

• 鰻うなぎ
  N1

  eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

• 八つ目鰻やつめうなぎ

  lamprey; lamprey eel

• 大鰻おおうなぎ

  giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata); marbled eel

• 日本鰻にほんうなぎ

  Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)

• 永良部鰻えらぶうなぎ

  Erabu black-banded sea krait (Laticauda semifasciata)

• 海鰻うみうなぎ

  eel-like sea creature (i.e. saltwater eels, sea snakes, etc.)

• 田鰻たうなぎ

  Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)

• 痺鰻しびれうなぎ

  electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)

• 網目鰻あみめうなぎ

  reedfish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus); ropefish

• 落ち鰻おちうなぎ

  eel going downstream to spawn

• 袋鰻ふくろうなぎ

  pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides)

• 針鰻はりうなぎ

  elver (type of eel)

• 風船鰻ふうせんうなぎ

  whiptail gulper (any gulper eel of family Saccopharyngidae)

• 養鰻ようまん

  eel farming; eel culture

• 鰻うな

  eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

• 鰻ざくうざく

  finely sliced eel and cucumber salad, dressed in sake, soy sauce and vinegar

• 鰻屋うなぎや

  eel restaurant

• 鰻巻きうまき

  omelette-wrapped eel; basted, roasted eel wrapped in a rolled omelette

• 鰻筒うなぎづつ

  eel trap

• 鰻茶漬けうなちゃづけ

  broiled eel on rice with green tea poured on top

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