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

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

for the first time, first

(dialectal) for the first time

for the first time

to eat / (archaic, humble) to eat or drink

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

a place name / a surname

a crayfish / a lobster / a prawn / a shrimp