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

Alternative spelling
貝殼 (kyūjitai)

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

• (Tokyo) かいがら [kàígáꜜrà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) かいがら [kàígárá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠iɡa̠ɾa̠]

Noun

貝(かい)殻(がら) • (kaigara) ^{←かひがら (kafigara)?}

1. a shell, seashell

   Synonyms: 貝 (kai), 介殻 (kaikaku)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 貝殻(かいがら)島(じま) (Kaigarajima)
• 貝殻(かいがら)追放(ついほう) (kaigara tsuihō, “ostracism”)
• 貝殻(かいがら)節(ぶし) (kaigara-bushi)
• 貝殻(かいがら)骨(ぼね) (kaigara-bone)
• 貝殻虫(カイガラムシ) (kaigaramushi)

Proper noun

貝(かい)殻(がら) • (Kaigara) ^{←かひがら (Kafigara)?}

1. a place name
2. a surname

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.