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大海老大エビ大蝦 [rK] 大えび [sK]
おおえび
1. [n]
▶ large shrimp
▶ king prawn
▶ lobster



History:
6. A 2024-01-05 20:26:56  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Better with the extra glosses.
5. A* 2024-01-05 01:27:28  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://twitter.com/search?q="大海老"&src=typed_query&f=top
大えび	3,707
  Comments:
My point is that it often or usually doesn't refer to lobster so the gloss is wrong/incomplete. I'm not sure how useful this is as an entry.
  Diff:
@@ -13,0 +14,4 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>大えび</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
@@ -19 +23,2 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="1588720">海老</xref>
+<gloss>large shrimp</gloss>
+<gloss>king prawn</gloss>
4. A 2024-01-05 00:59:31  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I can see a few lobster examples, and 海老 can mean lobster. There's an example sentence. I think it can stay.
3. A* 2023-12-31 11:09:00  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://cookpad.com/search/大海老
  Comments:
Is there a source for this?
Web results are mostly just large prawns/shrimp.
2. A 2021-11-11 10:08:07  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
大エビ	11775
大海老	30932
大蝦	879
おおエビ	42
おおえび	90
オオエビ	No matches
  Diff:
@@ -3,0 +4,3 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>大海老</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -8,3 +10,0 @@
-<keb>大海老</keb>
-</k_ele>
-<k_ele>
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -14,4 +14,0 @@
-<reb>おおエビ</reb>
-<re_restr>大エビ</re_restr>
-</r_ele>
-<r_ele>
@@ -19,2 +15,0 @@
-<re_restr>大海老</re_restr>
-<re_restr>大蝦</re_restr>
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