Search Terms: *螺
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noun
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trapezium horse conch (Pleuroploca trapezium)(usually kana)
Other readings:
イトマキボラ
noun
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Thais clavigera (species of rock shell)(usually kana)
Other readings:
いぼにし《疣辛螺》
、イボニシ
noun
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Ezo neptune (species of whelk, Neptunea polycostata)(usually kana)
Other readings:
エゾボラ
noun
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double-sculptured neptune (species of whelk, Neptunea intersculpta)(usually kana)
Other readings:
エゾボラモドキ
noun
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warty frog shell (Bursa bufonia dunkeri)(usually kana)
Other readings:
おきにし《沖辛螺》
、オキニシ
noun
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turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
さざえ《拳螺》
、さざえ《蠑螺》
、さざい《栄螺》
、サザエ
noun
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Tectus maximus (species of top shell)(usually kana)
Other readings:
サラサばていら《更紗馬蹄螺》[1]
、サラサバテイラ
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
1.
whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.)(usually kana)(only relevant for つぶ and ツブ)
2.
small spiral-shelled snail (esp. a pond snail)
See also:螺 (にし)
Other readings:
つぶ《海螺》
、つび《螺》[1]
、つび《海螺》[1]
、つみ《螺》[1]
、つみ《海螺》[1]
、ツブ
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
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perplexed spindle (species of sea snail, Fusinus perplexus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ながにし《長辛螺》
、ナガニシ
noun
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small spiral-shelled snail, spiral shellfish(usually kana)
Other readings:
にし《辛螺》
、ら《螺》
、ニシ
noun
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Omphalius pfeifferi pfeifferi (subspecies of top shell)(usually kana)
Other readings:
バテイラ
noun
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arthritic neptune (species of whelk, Neptunea arthritica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヒメエゾボラ
noun
1.
boasting, bragging, big talk(usually kana)
2.
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis), trumpet shell(usually kana, abbreviation)(orig. meaning)
See also:法螺貝
Other readings:
ホラ
noun
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conch (esp. Charonia tritonis), trumpet shell
Other readings:
法螺貝【ほらがい】
、ホラ貝【ホラがい】
、吹螺【ほらがい】[1]
、梭尾螺【ほらがい】[1]
、ホラガイ
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji