蟹

horseshoe crab

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

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

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

Food, cooking

miso mixed with crab innards or scraps

Japanese freshwater crab (Geothelphusa dehaani)

floral egg crab (Atergatis floridus); shawl crab; brown egg crab

snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio); queen crab

champagne crab (Hypothalassia armata)

Martial arts

flying scissors; kani basami; leg lock

crayfish (esp. the Japanese crayfish or red swamp crayfish); crawfish

Heike crab

crab fishing; crabbing

crab sashimi

blue king crab

Word usually written using kana alone

blue king crab (Paralithodes platypus)

striped shore crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)

Cancer (4th zodiacal sign); the Crab

swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus); Japanese blue crab

red snow crab (Chionoecetes japonicus)

Food, cooking

canned crab

crab shell (often ground or crushed and used as fertilizer); crab shell meal

red frog crab (Ranina ranina)

snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio); queen crab

Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)

red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)

giant spider crab

striped shore crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes)