Japanese

Noun

貝殻 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 貝殼, hiragana かいがら, romaji kaigara)

1. a shell; a seashell

Compounds

• 貝殻骨 (かいがらぼね) ‎(kaigarabone)
• 貝殻虫 (かいがらむし) ‎(kaigaramushi)

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.