Word Meaning つぶ貝

つぶがい tsubugai

つぶ貝 is read as つぶがい (tsubugai) and means whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.).

Meaning

English

whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.)

Reading

Kana

つぶがい

Romaji

tsubugai

Writing Variants

ツブ貝 つぶがい tsubugai
螺貝つぶがい tsubugai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 143523 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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shellfish

巻き貝

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snail

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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)

大貝

おおがい

kanji "big shell" radical

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

宮入貝

みやいりがい

miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora)