蝦

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shrimp

On-Yomi: カ

Koohii stories:

1) [Megaqwerty] 29-6-2007(28): Shrimp are the only “insects” that I can eat in my spare time: anything else requires way too much willpower.

2) [kapalama] 29-8-2011(12): 蝦夷 , 蝦夷地 , shrimp (#2689 蝦) えぞ, エビ … Parts: 虫 , Hobby ( 暇 spare time (#1882 暇) - 日 ) … Tip: Many different Kanji for shrimp: 蝦 , 海老 , 鰕､蛯. This Kanji is the old name for the Ainu: Ezo 蝦夷 , and their land Ezochi 蝦夷地 (now Hokkaido). (It also has meant Frog as well.) … Shrimp on menus and such is 海老 . Tiger Prawns ( 車海老 ), Lobster ( 伊勢海老 ).

3) [sgrant] 22-1-2010(6): Bubba's hobby was shrimp, and everything to do with shrimp - bioled shrimp, fried shrimp, rotten shrimp covered with insects… hold on a second.

4) [n1williams] 4-1-2010(3): SHRIMP are the best INSECT to have for a HOBBY: watch them grow then eat them. (For HOBBY ref Katsuo spare time (#1882 暇)).

5) [blannk] 30-10-2009(3): A shrimp is like an insect in many ways, kingdom Animalia, phylum Arthopoda, but the comparison breaks down at the subphylum level: have you heard of anyone whose hobby is displaying different kinds of shrimp in a glass case?

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