| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 蝦 | かえる, かわず, かいる, カエル | frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri) |
| 蝦 | えび, エビ | prawn, shrimp, lobster, crayfish |
| 蝦夷 | えぞ, えみし | peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu); Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands) |
| オマール蝦 | オマールえび, オマールエビ | lobster |
| 蝦蛄 | しゃこ, シャコ | mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria) |
| 青竜蝦 | しゃこ, シャコ | mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria) |
| 車蝦 | くるまえび | kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus), kuruma shrimp, Japanese tiger prawn |
| 蝦蟇 | ひきがえる, ひき, がまがえる, がま, かま, ヒキガエル | toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus) |
| 蝦蟆 | ひきがえる, ひき, がまがえる, がま, かま, ヒキガエル | toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus) |
| 蝦虎魚 | はぜ | goby (fish); yellowfin goby (Acanthogobius flavimanus) |
