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Alternate Written Forms:
浅蜊
[あさり]
asari
蛤仔
[あさり]
asari
English Meanings:
noun
- Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam
Alternate Written Forms:
船食虫
[ふなくいむし]
funakuimushi
English Meanings:
noun
- shipworm (esp. naval shipworm, Teredo navalis); teredo
Alternate Written Forms:
蝦蛄
[しゃこ]
shako
青竜蝦
[しゃこ]
shako
English Meanings:
noun
- mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria)
Alternate Written Forms:
鷓鴣
[しゃこ]
shako
English Meanings:
noun
- francolin (partridge-like bird of genus Francolinus)
- partridge (of genus Perdix)
青柳
[あおやぎ]
aoyagi
noun
Alternate Written Forms:
青柳
[あおやなぎ]
aoyanagi
English Meanings:
noun
- green willow (i.e. one that has budded)
- meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis)
Alternate Written Forms:
硨磲
[しゃこ]
shako
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English Meanings:
noun
- giant clam (any clam of subfamily Tridacnidae)
- giant clam shell
Alternate Written Forms:
大野貝
[おおのがい]
oonogai
English Meanings:
noun
- Mya arenaria oonogai (subspecies of soft-shell clam)
Alternate Written Forms:
船食虫
[ふなくいむし]
funakuimushi
English Meanings:
noun
- shipworm (esp. naval shipworm, Teredo navalis); teredo