牡蠣

かき

Also written カキ, 牡蛎, ぼれい, 蠣, 硴

Meanings

1. Noun oyster; oyster shell

Kanji

• 牡 male
• 蠣 oyster. Read as かき.

Example sentences

• 君は生のカキは食べれますか。
  Can you eat raw oysters?
• 牡蠣はどうも私の体質に合わない。
  Oysters don't agree with me.
• カキは私の体質に合わない。
  Oysters don't agree with me.
• そのカキを食べた事を後悔しているんだ。
  I regret eating those oysters.
• 今はカキの最盛期だ。
  Oysters are in season now.

Common phrases

• 牡蠣を食べる
• カキを使う

Words containing 牡蠣

• 生牡蠣 (なまがき) raw oyster
• 牡蠣飯 (かきめし) rice cooked together with oyster meat, etc.
• 焼き牡蠣 (やきがき) oysters cooked in the shell

And 3 more.

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