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Grade 9

Meanings

crab

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
カイ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
かに

Common Words

カニ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #17040
1

crab

Examples
私はカニを大ごちそうだと思っている。
I regard crab as a great delicacy.
ガニ股
蟹股
にまた
Noun
~の Adj.
Freq #70537
1

Colloquial

bowlegs; bandy legs

毛がに
毛蟹
けガニ (毛ガニ)
がに (毛がに/毛蟹)
Noun
Freq #88508
1

hair crab (Erimacrus isenbeckii)

蟹座
にざ
Noun
Freq #92550
1

Astronomy

Cancer (constellation); the Crab

蟹歩き
かに歩き
カニあるき (カニ歩き)
かにあるき (蟹歩き/かに歩き)
~する Verb
Noun
Freq #100721
1

walking like a crab

蠏工船
にこうせん
Noun
Freq #106647
1

crab-canning boat

蟹玉
蠏玉
にたま
Noun
Freq #121175
1

Chinese dish with fried egg and crab

兜蟹
甲蟹
鱟魚
カブトガニ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #124601
1

horseshoe crab

猿蟹合戦
さるかにがっせん
Noun
Freq #131102
1

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Monkey and the Crab (folktale); The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab; Saru Kani Gassen

カニ味噌
蟹味噌
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #134453
1

brown meat (crab); miso-like paste found inside a crab's (and arthropods in general) intestinal area

2

Food, cooking

miso mixed with crab innards or scraps

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