Illustration: At a small seafood counter in a Japanese coastal town, a cook has just opened an oyster over a shallow tray of crushed ice. One gloved hand supports its deeply cupped, jagged shell while the detached upper shell rests beside it.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

牡蠣かき

kaki

oyster

Example sentences

  1. 今いま、牡蠣かきのシーズン？

    Are oysters in season now?

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  2. 牡蠣かきはお好すきですか？

    Do you like oysters?

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  3. 私わたしは牡蠣かきを食たべません。

    I don’t eat oysters.

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Kanji in 牡蠣

  • 牡maleOnボ・ボウKunおす・お-・おん-
  • 蠣oysterOnレイKunかき

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