Word Meaning ほら貝を吹く

ほらがいをふく horagai o fuku

ほら貝を吹く is read as ほらがいをふく (horagai o fuku) and means to blow a conch.

Meaning

English

to blow a conch
to blow a trumpet shell
to blow the war horn

Reading

Kana

ほらがいをふく

Romaji

horagai o fuku

Writing Variants

法螺貝を吹く ほらがいをふく horagai o fuku

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 4級 Rank 149065 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

貝を吹く

かいをふく

to blow a conch

潮吹貝

しおふきがい

Mactra veneriformis (species of trough shell)

貝塚伊吹

かいづかいぶき

Hollywood juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. kaizuka)

吹く

ふく

to blow (of the wind)

芽吹く

めぶく

to bud

貝

かい

shellfish

吹き替え

ふきかえ

dubbing (of a film, etc. into a different language)

吹き荒れる

ふきあれる

to blow violently

巻き貝

まきがい

snail

日本貝類学会

にっぽんかいるいがっかい

Malacological Society of Japan

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)