伊勢海老

Japanese
Kanji in this term
伊 勢 海 老
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Jinmeiyō		 せ
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Irregular

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 伊 (い)勢 (せ) (Ise, a bay in central Japan) + 海 (え)老 (び) (ebi, “shrimp”), from its appearance resembling a giant shrimp.

The use of 海老 is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation
  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

伊勢海老 (hiragana いせえび, katakana イセエビ, rōmaji Ise ebi)

  1. a Japanese spiny lobster (Panulirus japonicus)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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