Word Meaning あこや貝

あこやがい akoyagai

あこや貝 is read as あこやがい (akoyagai) and means Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii).

Meaning

English

Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii)
Akoya pearl oyster

Reading

Kana

あこやがい

Romaji

akoyagai

Writing Variants

アコヤ貝 あこやがい akoyagai
阿古屋貝 あこやがい akoyagai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 142043 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

貝

かい

shellfish

巻き貝

まきがい

snail

大野貝

おおのがい

Mya arenaria oonogai (subspecies of soft-shell clam)

子安貝

こやすがい

cowrie (esp. the chocolate cowrie, Mauritia mauritiana)

三味線貝

しゃみせんがい

lingulate brachiopod (esp. species Lingula anatina)

水字貝

すいじがい

spider conch (Lambis chiragra)

秋田貝

あきたがい

Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis)

小玉貝

こたまがい

Gomphina melanegis (species of Venus clam)

三角貝

さんかくがい

trigoniid (any clam of family Trigoniidae)

一ノ貝

いちのかい

kanji "big shell" radical

生貝

なまがい

raw shellfish

宮入貝

みやいりがい

miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora)