Word Meaning 歌貝

うたがい utagai

歌貝 is read as うたがい (utagai) and means matching game played with clam shells with stanzas of waka written on them.

Meaning

English

  1. matching game played with clam shells with stanzas of waka written on them

Reading

Kana

うたがい

Romaji

utagai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 140592 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

歌劇

かげき

opera

歌詞

かし

song lyrics

歌境

かきょう

mood of a poem

歌劇場

かげきじょう

opera house

歌劇団

かげきだん

opera company

歌誌

かし

tanka magazine

歌詞集

かししゅう

book of lyrics

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)