蝦

Word usually written using kana alone

frog

かわず／カワズ only

kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)

prawn; shrimp; lobster

opossum shrimp (Mysida spp.); mysid

toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)

Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido

goby (fish)

yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus)

(coin) purse with a metal clasp

shrimp (infraorder Caridea)

small shrimp, prawn or lobster

krill; euphasiid (any species in the family Euphausiacea)

Hokkaido sika (Cervus nippon yesoensis); Yezo sika

kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus); kuruma shrimp; Japanese tiger prawn

snapping shrimp (Alpheus brevicristatus); pistol prawn

large shrimp; king prawn; lobster

Historical term

lock with a curved shape resembling a shrimp (used for gate bolts)

Rare term

padlock

sakura shrimp (Lucensosergia lucens)

dried shrimp

freshwater shrimp; freshwater prawn; river shrimp

Hokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai, extinct)

Vitis ficifolia (species of grapevine)

Hokkaido brown bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis)

えびお only

goldfish with a shrimp-like tail

head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)

mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria); mantis crab; squilla

shrimp-shaped taro variety

gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea)