ごかい

See also: こかい and こがい

Japanese

Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of ごかい – see the following entries.
【五戒】
[noun] (religion, Buddhism) the Five Precepts
【誤解】
[noun] misunderstanding
[verb] to misunderstand
(This term, ごかい, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 五悔, 御会, 碁会.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
沙蚕

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ごかい [gòkáí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞ka̠i]

Noun

ごかい or ゴカイ • (gokai) ←ごかい (gokai)?

  1. ragworm, a worm often used as fishing bait
Usage notes
  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
Derived terms
  • いしごかい (ishigokai)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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