かいざいく

Japanese

Alternative spelling
貝細工

Etymology

From 貝(かい) (kai) + 細工(さいく) (saiku). The saiku changes to zaiku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かいざ​いく [kàízáꜜìkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠iza̠ikɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

かいざいく • (kai-zaiku) ^{←かひざいく (kafi-zaiku)?}

1. shell-based craftsmanship

Derived terms

• 帝王貝細工(ていおうかいざいく) (teiō kai-zaiku, “helichrysum”)