Word Meaning みる貝

みるがい mirugai

みる貝 is read as みるがい (mirugai) and means mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam).

Meaning

English

mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)

Reading

Kana

みるがい

Romaji

mirugai

Writing Variants

海松貝 みるがい mirugai
水松貝 みるがい mirugai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 141943 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)