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 135362 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)

長亀

おさがめ

leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

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)

団亀

どんがめ

Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis)

出歯亀

でばかめ

voyeur

石亀

いしがめ

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

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)