ドブシジミ

Meanings

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Sphaerium japonicum; fingernail clam

usually written using kana alone

A small freshwater bivalve found in ditches and muddy streams in Japan. The name literally means 'ditch clam'.

ドブシジミは用よう水すい路ろなどに生せい息そくする小ちいさな二に枚まい貝がいです。
The Sphaerium japonicum is a small bivalve that lives in irrigation ditches and similar places.
子こどもの頃ころ、田たんぼのそばでドブシジミをよく見みかけた。
When I was a child, I often saw fingernail clams near the rice paddies.