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])[1][2]
(Tokyo) かいがら [kàígárá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠iɡa̠ɾa̠]

Noun

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

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)^?}

a place name
a surname

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →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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