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
(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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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