かい
Meanings
Noun
1. shellfish
2. seashell; shell
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (21 in total)
seashell; shell
(white) radish sprouts
shellwork
white radish sprouts; daikon sprouts
shellfish
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
radish sprout
shellfish meat
Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)
shellfish poison
shellfish baked in the shell; abalone, scallops, etc. simmered in the shell
Tyrian purple; royal purple
mother-of-pearl button
paua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)
Tyrian purple
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
secret, unrequited love
kanji "shell" radical at left
kanji "big shell" radical
kai-awase; Heian period shell-matching game
Examples (3 in total)
I don't like shellfish.
What I have in my hand is a fossil seashell.
Scallops are on sale today.