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JLPT N3 · Noun

貝 (kai)

貝 (かい, kai) is a Japanese noun meaning “shellfish”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
かい
Romaji
kai
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. shellfish · noun
  2. seashell; shell · noun

Example sentences

私が手にしてるのは貝の化石です。
What I have in my hand is a fossil seashell.
Tatoeba #167691

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 貝

貝
shellfishバイ・かい · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 貝.

貝殻かいがらseashell

Source: JMdict entry 1203100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.