伊勢海老

Japanese
Kanji in this term
伊 勢 海 老
い
Jinmeiyō		 せ
Grade: 5		 えび
Grade: 2 Grade: 4
on’yomi jukujikun
Alternative spellings
伊勢海老 (kyūjitai)
伊勢蝦

Etymology

From 伊勢(いせ) (Ise, a bay in central Japan) + 海老(えび) (ebi, “shrimp”), from its appearance resembling a giant shrimp.

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いせ​えび [ìséꜜ èbì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ise̞ e̞bʲi]

Noun

伊(い)勢(せ)海老(えび) or 伊勢海老(イセエビ) • (Ise ebi) 

  1. a Japanese spiny lobster (Panulirus japonicus)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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