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Unagi(ウナギ)istheJapanesewordforfreshwatereel,especiallytheJapaneseeel,Anguillajaponica(日本鰻,nihonunagi)....Unagiisacommoningredientin ...

Japanese word for freshwater eel

Unagi (ウナギ) is the Japanese word for freshwater eel, especially the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica (日本鰻, nihon unagi).[1] Unagi is a common ingredient in Japanese cooking, often as kabayaki. It is not to be confused with saltwater eel, which is known as anago in Japanese.

Unagi is served as part of unadon (sometimes spelled unagidon, especially in menus in Japanese restaurants in Western countries), a donburi dish with sliced eel served on a bed of rice. A kind of sweet biscuit called unagi pie made with powdered unagi also exists.[2] Unagi is high in protein, vitamin A, and calcium.[3]

Specialist unagi restaurants are common in Japan, and commonly have signs showing the word unagi with hiragana う ...