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潮干狩り (しおひがり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
clam digging ; shellfish gathering at low tide
Refers to the recreational activity of digging for clams and other shellfish on tidal flats during low tide, a popular spring and summer pastime in Japan.
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Prepare the tools needed for shellfish gathering.
Written forms 潮しお 干ひ 狩が り
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
潮しお 干ひ 狩がり
Variant without okurigana; less common but still encountered.
Kanji 潮 tide, salt water, opportunity Similar words 潮しお 干ひ 潮干 means 'low tide' or 'ebb tide'; 潮干狩り is the activity of gathering shellfish at low tide.
貝かい 掘ほ り 貝掘り is a more general term for digging for shellfish, not necessarily limited to tidal flats.
Etymology Compound of 潮干 (shiohi, 'low tide') + 狩り (kari, 'hunting, gathering'). The kanji 潮干 literally means 'tide dry', referring to the exposed tidal flats where the activity takes place.
