かい
Meanings
Noun
1. shellfish
2. seashell; shell
Pitch accent
か
い
Used in vocabulary (38 in total)
through (the medium of)
(white) radish sprouts; daikon sprouts
seashell; shell
to keep one's mouth shut; to clam up; to be silent; to say nothing
(white) radish sprouts; daikon sprouts
worrying about; caring about
white radish sprouts; daikon sprouts
white radish sprouts; daikon sprouts
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
help; assistance; aid
univalve
shellfish
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
radish sprout
shellwork
shellfish meat
Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)
shellfish poison
Tyrian purple
shellfish baked in the shell; abalone, scallops, etc. simmered in the shell
Tyrian purple; royal purple
sea shell
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
mussel shrimp; ostracod
crust-like shell
nursing a patient
brooding
secret, unrequited love
medial; final-head (glide before the center vowel in Chinese)
kanji "shell" radical at left
kanji "big shell" radical
kai-awase; Heian-period shell-matching game
preposition (in Chinese); adposition
seashell bracelet
Examples (3 in total)
I don't like shellfish.
What I have in my hand is a fossil seashell.
Scallops are on sale today.