"真珠貝" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: 真珠貝 [canonical] (ruby: 真(しん), 珠(じゅ), 貝(がい)), shinjugai [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 真珠 (shinju, “pearl”) + 貝 (kai, “shell, shellfish”). The kai changes to gai due to rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|真珠|貝|sort=しんじゅがい|t1=pearl|t2=shell, shellfish|tr1=shinju|tr2=kai}} 真珠 (shinju, “pearl”) + 貝 (kai, “shell, shellfish”), {{ja-r|連%濁|れん%だく|rom=-}} 連(れん)濁(だく), {{rendaku|しんじゅがい}} rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しんじゅがい}} 真(しん)珠(じゅ)貝(がい) • (shinjugai)
  1. pearl oyster
    Sense id: en-真珠貝-ja-noun-OvewnFPr Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Bivalves Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 54 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 99 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Bivalves: 95 5
  2. synonym of 阿古屋貝 (akoya-gai, “Japanese akoya oyster”) Synonyms: 阿古屋貝 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-真珠貝-ja-noun-AmkNhfNg Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 46 54 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 13 87 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 牡蠣: oyster (kaki) (ruby: 牡蠣(かき)) (english: edible) 
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