エビ反ぞり

noun

back arch like a shrimp

Describes a posture where the body is bent backwards, resembling a shrimp. Used in contexts like gymnastics, wrestling, or describing a surprised reaction.

• レスラーがエビ反ぞりになって相あい手ての技わざを耐たえた。

  The wrestler arched his back like a shrimp and endured the opponent's move.

• 驚おどろいてエビ反ぞりになった。

  I was so surprised I bent backwards like a shrimp.

noun

kabuki pose: overwhelmed, hands out, back arched

Kabuki term: a stylized pose where the actor extends one or both hands and arches backward to express being overwhelmed by a superior force.

• 歌か舞ぶ伎きのエビ反ぞりは、圧あっ倒とうされた様よう子すを表あらわす型かただ。

  The kabuki ebi-zori is a pose that expresses being overwhelmed.