貝かい
Meanings
Noun
1. shellfish
Yeah, this shellfish is delicious.
2. seashell; shell
Look, here's such a pretty shell.
Kanji used
shellfish
Pitch accent
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い
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Used in vocabulary (29 in total)
seashell; shell
seashell; shell
to keep one's mouth shut; to clam up; to be silent; to say nothing
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
Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)
shellfish poison
shellfish baked in the shell; abalone, scallops, etc. simmered in the shell
radish sprout
Tyrian purple; royal purple
(white) radish sprouts; daikon sprouts
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
radish sprout
shellfish baked in the shell; abalone, scallops, etc. simmered in the shell
white radish sprouts; daikon sprouts
kanji "big shell" radical
seashell bracelet
kai-awase; Heian-period shell-matching game
kanji "shell" radical at left
kai-awase; Heian-period shell-matching game
Examples (9 in total)
I don't like shellfish.
Yeah, this shellfish is delicious.
Look, here's such a pretty shell.