法螺貝

Japanese

法螺貝 (horagai): a horn made from a Charonia tritonis shell.
Kanji in this term
法 螺 貝
ほう > ほ
Grade: 4		 ら
Jinmeiyō		 かい > がい
Grade: 1
Irregular

Etymology

Compound of 法螺 (hora, “boasting, bragging”) +‎ 貝 (kai, “shell, shellfish”).[1][2] The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

法螺貝 (hiragana ほらがい, katakana ホラガイ, rōmaji horagai)

  1. a Triton's trumpet, Charonia tritonis
  2. a horn made from a Triton's trumpet shell
  3. by metaphor from the shape of the shell, a way of tying a man's obi

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ホラガイ.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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