ハマグリ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ハマグリ – see the following entry.

[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

(This term, ハマグリ (hamaguri), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)