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.)