貝

Meaning

貝 centers on shellfish: the hard-shelled sea creatures themselves, and by extension the shells that were historically used as currency.

• 貝かい
  N2

  shellfish

• 貝殻かいがら
  N1

  seashell; shell

• 貝塚かいづか

  shell heap; shell mound; kitchen midden

• 貝類かいるい

  shellfish

• 貽貝いがい

  Korean mussel (Mytilus coruscus)

• 貝柱かいばしら

  adductor muscle

• 鸚鵡貝おうむがい

  chambered nautilus (esp. species Nautilus pompilius)

• ムール貝ムールがい

  (edible) mussel (esp. the Mediterranean mussel or blue mussel)

• 二枚貝にまいがい

  bivalve

• ほら貝ほらがい

  conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell

• 赤貝あかがい

  blood clam (Scapharca broughtonii); ark shell

• 巻き貝まきがい

  snail; spiral shell

• 片貝かたかい

  univalve

• 宝貝たからがい

  cowrie; cowry

• 帆立貝ほたてがい

  Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop

• 貝殻虫かいがらむし

  scale insect

• からす貝からすがい

  cockscomb pearl mussel (Cristaria plicata)

• しじみ貝しじみがい

  basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam

• つぶ貝つぶがい

  whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.)

• ほら貝を吹くほらがいをふく

  to blow a conch; to blow a trumpet shell; to blow the war horn

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