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：2026/01/08
螺
Hiragana
にし
Noun
Japanese Meaning
巻貝、特に食用とされる小型のものやタニシ類を含む総称。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ぐるぐるとまいたからをもつちいさなかい。うみのかいやかわのたにしをさす。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
螺旋形壳的软体动物，尤指小型螺类。 / 海螺，骨螺科的可食用海生螺。 / 田螺，淡水河螺（胎生螺科）。
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
螺旋殼的貝類（尤指小型） / 食用海螺（玉螺科） / 田螺的別稱
Korean Meaning
나선형 껍데기를 지닌 고둥류 / 식용 바다 골뱅이류(고둥과) / 우렁이 등 민물 고둥(田螺)의 다른 이름
Indonesian
siput laut bercangkang spiral, terutama yang kecil / whelk (siput laut) yang dapat dimakan (Buccinidae) / tanishi; siput sungai (Viviparidae)
Vietnamese Meaning
ốc vỏ xoắn (nhất là loại nhỏ) / ốc biển ăn được thuộc họ Buccinidae (whelk) / tên khác của ốc sông thuộc họ Viviparidae
Tagalog Meaning
maliit na susô na may paikot na kabibi / nakakaing susô-dagat / susô-ilog (pamilya Viviparidae)
Sense（1）
spiral shellfish, especially smaller ones
Sense（2）
edible marine whelks of family Buccinidae
Sense（3）
alternate name for 田螺 (tanishi): river snails of family Viviparidae
（ romanization ）
（ hiragana ）
Quizzes for review
spiral shellfish, especially smaller ones / edible marine whelks of family Buccinidae / alternate name for 田螺 (tanishi): river snails of family Viviparidae
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螺
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I found a beautiful spiral shellfish on the beach.
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海岸で美しい螺を見つけました。
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