バイ

noun

Japanese Babylon shell; Japanese ivory shell

A species of sea snail (Babylonia japonica). Used in cooking and traditionally for making spinning tops.

• バイのつぼ焼やきは酒さけのつまみに最さい高こうだ。

  Grilled Babylon shell is great with sake.

noun

spinning top (made from a Babylon shell)

Abbreviation of 貝独楽 (ばいごま). Refers to a traditional spinning top crafted from a Babylon shell.

See also: ベーゴマ

• 昔むかしの子こ供どもはバイでよく遊あそんだものだ。

  Children in the old days often played with spinning tops made from Babylon shells.