N2456/1725

貝かい

rarely used kanji formnounnoun (generic)

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かい

Meanings

shellfish
seashell, shell

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Example sentences

海岸かいがんで貝かいを拾ひろった。

I picked up shells on the beach.

この貝かいは食たべられますか。

Can this shellfish be eaten?

子供こどもの頃ころ、砂浜すなはまで貝かいを集あつめるのが好すきだった。

When I was a child, I loved collecting seashells on the sandy beach.

市場いちばでは新鮮しんせんな貝かいが並ならんでいた。

Fresh shellfish were lined up at the market.

古代こだいの人々ひとびとは貝かいを装飾品そうしょくひんとして利用りようしていたと考かんがえられている。

It is believed that ancient people used shells as decorative items.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)