Word Meaning 偕老同穴

かいろうどうけつ kairoudouketsu

偕老同穴 is read as かいろうどうけつ (kairoudouketsu) and means Venus's flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum).

Meaning

English

Venus's flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum)
happy life partnership
living faithfully together till death

Reading

Kana

かいろうどうけつ

Romaji

kairoudouketsu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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偕老

かいろう

growing old together

同穴

どうけつ

being buried in the same grave

二穴同時挿入

にけつどうじそうにゅう

double penetration

同じ穴の狢

おなじあなのむじな

(villains) of the same stripe

同じ穴の狐

おなじあなのきつね

(villains) of the same stripe

同じ穴の狸

おなじあなのたぬき

(villains) of the same stripe

墓穴

ぼけつ

grave (pit)

洞穴

どうけつ

cave

穴

あな

(partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre)

風穴

かざあな

air hole

横穴

おうけつ

tunnel tomb (Kofun period)

落とし穴

おとしあな

pitfall