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Japanese
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| 貝殼 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
Compound of 貝 (kai, “shellfish”) + 殻 (kara, “shell”). The kara changes to gara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
貝殻 • (kaigara) ←かひがら (kafigara)?
- a shell, seashell
- Synonyms: 貝 (kai), 介殻 (kaikaku)
Derived terms
Proper noun
貝殻 • (Kaigara) ←かひがら (Kafigara)?
- a place name
- a surname
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.