貝殻

See also: 貝殼 and 贝壳

Japanese
Kanji in this term
貝 殻
かい
Grade: 1		 から > がら
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 貝 (かい) (kai, “shellfish”) + 殻 (から) (kara, “shell”). The kara changes to gara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

貝殻 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 貝殼, hiragana かいがら, rōmaji kaigara, historical hiragana かひがら)

  1. a shell, seashell
    Synonyms: 貝 (kai), 介殻 (kaikaku)

Derived terms
Derived terms

Proper noun

貝殻 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 貝殼, hiragana かいがら, rōmaji Kaigara, historical hiragana かひがら)

  1. a place name
  2. a surname

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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