瓢箪

ひょうたん ヒョウタン

gourd, calabash (Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda)

青瓢箪

あおびょうたん

green calabash, unripe gourd

千成瓢箪

せんなりびょうたん

bottle gourd

箪食瓢飲

たんしひょういん

simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink

瓢箪から駒

ひょうたんからこま

something very unexpected, something said as a joke actually happening, a horse comes from a gourd

鯰

なまず ナマズ

catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus)

一箪の食一瓢の飲

いったんのしいっぴょうのいん

simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink

瓢箪から駒が出る

ひょうたんからこまがでる

something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; a horse comes out from a gourd

鯰髭

なまずひげ

drooping moustache

痺鯰

しびれなまず シビレナマズ

electric catfish (any species of family Malapteruridae, esp. species Malapterurus electricus)

鯰絵

なまずえ

woodblock print depicting a giant catfish (popular in Edo after the 1855 earthquake)

箪笥

たんす タンス

chest of drawers, bureau, cabinet, tansu, dresser

箪食

たんし

bamboo dish of rice

一箪

bamboo utensil (for holding food); bamboo dish

乾瓢

かんぴょう

strips of dried gourd

一瓢

いっぴょう

one gourd

逆さ鯰

さかさなまず サカサナマズ

upside-down catfish (Synodontis nigriventris)

電気鯰

でんきなまず デンキナマズ

electric catfish (any species of family Malapteruridae, esp. species Malapterurus electricus)

ヨーロッパ大鯰

ヨーロッパおおなまず ヨーロッパオオナマズ

Wels catfish (Silurus glanis)