かい
Meanings
Noun
1. shellfish
2. seashell; shell
Kanji used
shellfish
Pitch accent
Top 10300
Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
① 貝類が持つ石灰質の外骨格。
① 軟体動物または貝殻をもつ生物の総称。生物学的にはいかやたこ、うみうし、なめくじのように貝殻をもたない生物も含まれることもある。
① 貝類が持つ石灰質の外骨格。
to blow a conch; to blow a trumpet shell; to blow the war horn
kai-awase; Heian period shell-matching game; kai-awase; Heian period shell comparison game; tribadism; tribbing
shellfish meat
shellfish poison
Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)
radish sprout
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)
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
radish sprout
shellfish baked in the shell; abalone, scallops, etc. simmered in the shell
white radish sprouts; daikon sprouts
kanji "big shell" radical
kai-awase; Heian period shell-matching game
① 漢字の部首「⾙」が偏である場合の呼称。
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.