鯰

なまず

Also written ナマズ

Meanings

1. Noun catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus)
2. earthquake

Kanji

• 鯰 fresh-water catfish; (kokuji). Read as なまず.

Words containing 鯰

• 大鯰 (オオナマズ) ōnamazu (giant catfish thought to cause earthquakes)
• 瓢箪鯰 (ひょうたんなまず) (person) slippery as an eel
• 鯰絵 (なまずえ) woodblock print depicting a giant catfish (popular in Edo after the 1855 earthquake)

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