かいばしら

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Japanese

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Alternative spelling
貝柱

Etymology

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From (かい) (kai, shellfish) + (はしら) (hashira, pillar). The hashira changes to bashira as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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かいばしら (kaibashiraかひばしら (kafibasira)?

  1. bivalve's adductor muscle
    ホタテ(かい)(ばしら)
    hotate no kaibashira
    scallop's adductor muscle

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN