ばい
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)
Kanji used
shrimp
barbarian
shellfish
Composed of
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica); Japanese ivory shell; spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)