貝
N2かい kai
- shell
- shellfish
noun
Chinese meanings
贝;贝类
Examples
- 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.我手上拿的是贝类化石。
- 貝は好きではない。I don't like shellfish.我不喜欢贝类。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('623af5309f'); // 貝
{
"id": "623af5309f",
"word": "貝",
"reading": "かい",
"romaji": "kai",
"meanings": [
"shell",
"shellfish"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1203100,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私が手にしてるのは貝の化石です。",
"en": "What I have in my hand is a fossil seashell.",
"tatoeba_id": 167691
},
{
"ja": "貝は好きではない。",
"furigana": "{貝|かい}は{好|す}きではない。",
"en": "I don't like shellfish.",
"tatoeba_id": 184904
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "a209dca727e9ef3a9a2dfd9fb9c36eb41ccf32453e40b4c894619e7a6ce8fdb8",
"meanings": [
"贝",
"贝类"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私が手にしてるのは貝の化石です。",
"zh": "我手上拿的是贝类化石。"
},
{
"ja": "貝は好きではない。",
"zh": "我不喜欢贝类。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/623af5309f",
"JMdict ent_seq 1203100; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "b5709e301d67e2ebe48056bce33432aa576fcc0665a5438edab1e7761df7c67f"
}
}