ナマズ

noun

catfish

Refers to catfish, especially the Amur catfish (Silurus asotus). Commonly associated with earthquake lore.

• ナマズは川かわの底そこに住すんでいる。

  Catfish live at the bottom of rivers.

• 日本にほんではナマズが地じ震しんを予よ知ちするという言いい伝つたえがある。

  In Japan, there is a legend that catfish predict earthquakes.

noun

earthquake

Archaic slang for earthquake, derived from the folk belief that a giant catfish causes earthquakes.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには地じ震しんのことを「ナマズ」と呼よぶことがあった。

  In the Edo period, earthquakes were sometimes called 'namazu'.