Snow crab fetches record ￥5 mil at auction in Tottri

TOTTORI- A snow crab caught in Tottori Prefecture attracted the highest-ever bid for a crab at auction of 5 million yen, the prefecture said Thursday.

A snow crab that fetched a record 5 million yen at the first auction of the season is shown at Tottori port. | Photo:KYODO

"I believe it is a good crab filled with a meat"
At over 40 grand a kilo it would want to be unbelievably exquisite crab. How ridiculously absurd!

crab n)カニ　ｸラｧﾌﾞ  snow crab ズワイガニ（松葉ガニ）
fetch  v)競売などで売れる　ﾌエﾁ　fetch a good price
shown v)見せる　show-showed-shown
attract v)引きつける　He was attracted to her.  The game attracted huge crowds.
crowd n)人の群れ、人込み　ｸラｳﾄﾞ
 huge crowds in a park / a holiday crowd / a football crowd
highest-ever いままでにない
bid n)つけ値  v)値をつける、入札する　ビｯﾄﾞｩ
 the highest bid in the auction 競売での最高入札（落札）額
 make a bid of $1,000 for... 　...に1,000ドルの値をつける
 call for bids on the listed items リストの物件に入札する　listed items 品目リスト
 bid twenty dollars for the old book その古本に20ドルの値をつける
 bid for the contract その契約に入札する
 bid against a person for the old ring 古い指輪を人と競い合う　
auction n)競売
 put up her collection of stamps for auction　切手のコレクションを競売に出す
 be sold at auction オークションで売られた
million n)百万 adj)百万の　millions of people 無数の人/ make millions 大金を稼ぐ
fill v)満たす　フィﾙ
grand adj)みごとな、印象的な　ｸﾞラｧﾝﾄﾞ
kilo キﾛｳ＝kilogram, kilometer
unbelievably adv)信じられないほど　ｱﾝﾋﾞリーｳﾞｧﾌﾞﾘｰ
exquisite adj)見事な　ｲｸｽｸウｨｽﾞｨﾄ
ridiculously adv)ばかげて、ﾘディｷｭｱｽﾘｰ
absurd adj)ばからしい　ｱﾌﾞサーﾄﾞ、ｱﾌﾞザーﾄﾞ