ガザミ

noun

swimming crab; Portunus trituberculatus

Refers specifically to the swimming crab species Portunus trituberculatus, commonly eaten in Japan. The word is usually written in kana.

See also: ワタリガニ

• ガザミは味み噌そ汁しるに入いれると美味おいしい。

  Swimming crab is delicious in miso soup.

• 市いち場ばで活いきのいいガザミを買かった。

  I bought some lively swimming crabs at the market.