タラバ蟹(がに)

たらばがに
noun
king crab
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1. king crab
A very large crab (biologically a hermit-crab relative rather than a true crab) prized for its thick, meaty legs. Caught mainly off Hokkaido and in the Bering Sea.
タラバ蟹(がに)を注文(ちゅうもん)した。
I ordered king crab.
タラバ蟹(がに)は身(み)が太(ふと)くて食(た)べ応(ごた)えがある。
King crab has thick meat and is very filling.
北海道(ほっかいどう)旅行(りょこう)では、タラバ蟹(がに)を食(た)べ放題(ほうだい)のお店(みせ)に行(い)った。
On our trip to Hokkaido, we went to an all-you-can-eat king crab restaurant.

タラバ蟹(がに) looks like a crab and is sold as one, but is biologically closer to a hermit crab: it has eight visible legs, not ten, because one pair is small and tucked under the shell.

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Compare: ズワイ蟹(がに) (snow crab)
Related: 蟹(かに) (crab)
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Added 2026.9.14 17:43 · Revised 2026.10.13 16:57
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