something or someone small or insignificant among great things or people; a fool among sages

evening meal, dinner

Short for 海老で鯛を釣る (ebi de tai o tsuru): fish a sea bream with shrimp; throw a sprat to catch a mackerel

throw a sprat to catch a mackerel

cooked rice / a meal of any sort

(archaic) (as for) today

today, this day / nowadays

Same as こんにち above

good day, good afternoon: a Japanese greeting used in the daytime

a crayfish / a lobster / a prawn / a shrimp / Short for 海老錠 (ebijō): a padlock / a type of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with an ebi motif