はまぐり

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of はまぐり – see the following entry.
【蛤】H
[noun] [from 934] a clam, Meretrix lusoria
[noun] [from late Heian] the shell of a clam
[noun] [from 1770] an inconsistency
[noun] [from c. 1743] a pussy; a vulva (especially of a young woman)
[noun] [from 1931] a geisha becoming a single one after deflowering
[noun] [unspecified] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) consisting of a clam-shaped butterfly, three clams in a circle, five clams, etc.
[noun] [from 1500 (?)] abbreviation of 蛤刃 (hamaguriba, “a sharp but curved blade”)
[noun] [unspecified] a 鷺流 (sagiryū) type of kyogen play
Alternative spellings
文蛤, 蚌, ハマグリ
(This term, はまぐり (hamaguri), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as はまぐり, see Category:Japanese kanji read as はまぐり.)
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