Illustration: At a small freshwater aquarium in Japan, a child crouches beside a low tank containing a Japanese eel. Its long, smooth body curves out from a ceramic shelter, with small pectoral fins just behind the head and a continuous fin edging the rear body.

うなぎ

unagi

eel

Example sentences

この川かわに、ウナギがいるんだ。
There are eels in this river.
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今夜こんやは、ウナギを焼やいて食たべます。
Tonight we will eat grilled eels.
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先週私せんしゅうわたしのとったうなぎは、まだ生いきている。
The eel I caught last week is still alive.
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