鰻

eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

Abbreviation; Often used in names of dishes containing eel

eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box

eel restaurant

Food, cooking

omelette-wrapped eel; basted, roasted eel wrapped in a rolled omelette

broiled eel on rice with green tea poured on top

Food, cooking

eel stew

eel trap

Food, cooking

finely sliced eel and cucumber salad, dressed in sake, soy sauce and vinegar

eel knife

rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof

conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster); garden eel

Food, cooking

eel donburi; bowl of rice topped with eel

electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)

Colloquial

long, narrow house (e.g. traditional Kyoto townhouse); eel bed

Food, cooking

eel kabayaki with rice

inshore hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri)

lamprey; lamprey eel

pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides)

giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata); marbled eel

eel going downstream to spawn

elver (type of eel)

Erabu black-banded sea krait (Laticauda semifasciata)

eel farming; eel culture