カイ
Meanings
Noun
1. shellfish
2. seashell; shell
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (20 in total)
(white) radish sprouts
seashell; shell
shellfish
kai-awase; Heian period shell-matching game; kai-awase; Heian period shell comparison game; tribadism; tribbing
shellwork
radish sprout
shellfish meat
Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)
shellfish poison
shellfish baked in the shell; abalone, scallops, etc. simmered in the shell
Tyrian purple; royal purple
mother-of-pearl button
paua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)
Tyrian purple
white radish sprouts; daikon sprouts
west wind in the early spring (traditionally on the night of the 20th day of the second month of the lunar calendar); (lit.) wind that blows seashells ashore
secret, unrequited love
kanji "shell" radical at left
kanji "big shell" radical
kai-awase; Heian period shell-matching game
Examples (3 in total)
I don't like shellfish.
What I have in my hand is a fossil seashell.
Scallops are on sale today.