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いか
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Meanings
Noun
1. cuttlefish; squid (Usually kana)
Other spellings
烏賊いか
Other readings
イカ
Kanji in other spellings
烏crow賊bandit
Pitch accent
いか
Used in vocabulary
けんさきいか
swordtip squid (Uroteuthis edulis)
Noun
甲こう烏賊いか
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); cuttlefish (any species in the family Sepiidae)
Noun
だいおういか
giant squid (Architeuthis martensi)
Noun
あかいか
red squid; neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii)
Noun
みずいか
bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana); oval squid
Noun
針はり烏賊いか
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Madokai's cuttlefish (Sepia madokai)
Noun
真ま烏賊いか
Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus); golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)
Noun
墨すみ烏賊いか
golden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta); Japanese spineless cuttlefish (Sepiella japonica)
Noun
たこいか
boreopacific armhook squid (Gonatopsis borealis)
Noun
ゆうれいいか
Chiroteuthis imperator (species of squid)
Noun
はないか
paintpot cuttlefish (Metasepia tullbergi)
Noun
かみなりいか
kisslip cuttlefish (Sepia lycidas)
Noun
Examples3
This cuttlefish has started to lose its freshness.
A squid has ten arms.
Seika came into the room pushing a small cart with a pot and a tea set resting on it.