Word Meaning お亀

おかめ okame

お亀 is read as おかめ (okame) and means soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc..

Meaning

English

  1. soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
  2. homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)
  3. plain woman

Reading

Kana

おかめ

Romaji

okame

Writing Variants

  • 阿亀 おかめ okame

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 133795 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

かめ

heavy drinker

海亀

うみがめ

sea turtle

日本石亀

にほんいしがめ

Japanese pond turtle (Mauremys japonica)

四指陸亀

よつゆびりくがめ

Russian tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii)

文亀

ぶんき

Bunki era (1501.2.29-1504.2.30)

元亀

げんき

Genki era (1570.4.23-1573.7.28)

水亀

いしがめ

any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica)

団亀

どんがめ

Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis)

革亀

おさがめ

leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

出歯亀

でばがめ

voyeur

象亀

ぞうがめ

giant tortoise

ガラパゴス象亀

がらぱごすぞうがめ

Galápagos tortoise (Geochelone nigra)