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• (Tokyo) さざえ (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

栄螺(さざえ) or 栄螺(サザエ) • (sazae) 

1. a turban shell, especially one of the horned turbans (Turbo cornutus, Turbo sazae)
2. a tea ceremony utensil: one of the seven rests for the lid of a teakettle, shaped like a turban shell (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

• サザエに金平糖(こんぺいとう) (sazae ni konpeitō, “two people arguing and not letting the other express their opinions”, literally, "comparing a turban shell with konpeitō")
• サザエの壺(つぼ)焼(や)き (sazae no tsuboyaki, “turban cooked whole in its own shell”)
• 竜(リュウ)天(テン)栄螺(サザエ) (ryūten sazae, “tapestry turban”)

栄螺(さざい) • (sazai) 

1. nonstandard form of 栄螺 (sazae, “turban shell; tea ceremony utensil”)
2. short for 栄螺堂 (sazaidō)

栄螺(さだえ) • (sadae) 

1. nonstandard form of 栄螺 (sazae, “turban shell; tea ceremony utensil”)

栄螺(さだお) • (sadao) ^{←さだを (sadawo)?}

1. (archaic, rare) nonstandard form of 栄螺 (sazae, “turban shell; tea ceremony utensil”)
   • 9-10th centuries, Saibara (催馬楽): Waie (我家):
     (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this quotation?)

     御(み)肴(さかな)に何(なに)よけむ鮑(あはび)栄螺(さだを)か甲蠃(かせ)よけむ

     Mi-sakana ni nani yokemu awabi sadao ka kase yokemu

     What would be good for the side dish? Would abalone, turban shell or sea urchin be good?