海かい藻そう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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seaweed; marine algae

General term for macroscopic marine algae, including kelp, wakame, and nori. Used in everyday contexts as well as scientific ones.

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A lot of seaweed had washed up on the shore.

海かい藻そうサラダはヘルシーでおいしい。

Seaweed salad is healthy and delicious.

藻も
海藻 specifically means marine seaweed/algae, while 藻 is the broader, more casual term covering any aquatic plant or algae, freshwater or marine.
藻そう類るい
海藻 refers specifically to marine seaweeds, while 藻類 is the broader scientific term covering all algae, marine or freshwater.
のりN1
海藻 is the broad term for any seaweed, while 海苔 refers specifically to the thin, dried sheets used in cooking like sushi and onigiri.

海かい草そう
海藻 refers to seaweeds (algae) like kelp and nori, while 海草 (same reading) refers to seagrasses, marine flowering plants, so the two are easily mixed up despite sounding identical.

Compound of 海 (sea) and 藻 (algae/seaweed). The kanji 藻 originally referred to water plants in general.

Many people in this area make a living farming seaweed.