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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

貝かい

N2
かい kai
  1. shell
  2. 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。
  • 貝かいは好すきではない。
    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"
  }
}