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えび
海老
たい

Throw a sprat to catch a whale.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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Most common form: エビ
noun
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
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Most common form: たい
noun
1. sea bream (Sparidae); porgy  (often written with kana only)
2. tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to fish; to angle; to catch
2. to lure in; to tempt; to attract; to entice; to allure  (see also: 釣られる)
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Kanji
カイ   うみ ocean   
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スイ   みず water   
マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ボ   はは mother   
ロウ   old   おいる    ふける to grow old   
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old
さじ spoon   
たい sea bream   
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ギョ   さかな    うお fish   
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corner
デン   た rice field   
fire
シュウ   まわ circumference   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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チョウ   つ to fish   
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キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
シャク   ladle
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wrap
dot   
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