蜑小舟貝

あまおぶねがい アマオブネガイ

ox-palate nerite (Nerita albicilla), blotched nerite

ノアの方舟貝

ノアのはこぶねがい ノアノハコブネガイ

Noah's ark (Arca noae)

泡

あわ あぶく

bubble, foam, froth, head on beer

貝

かい ばい バイ

Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica), Japanese ivory shell

泡箱

あわばこ

bubble chamber

泡影

ほうえい ほうよう

bubbles and shadows, something transient

気泡

きほう

(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)

発泡

はっぽう

foaming

水泡

すいほう みなわ

foam, bubble

一泡

ひとあわ

blow, shock

泡盛

あわもり

awamori, strong Okinawan liquor distilled from rice or millet

泡姫

あわひめ

sex worker (at a soapland)

泡吹

あわぶき アワブキ

Meliosma myriantha

泡菜

パオツァイ

pao cai, pow tsai, pickled vegetable, usu. cabbage, found in Szechuan cuisine

泡沫

うたかた ほうまつ うたがた

bubble on surface of liquid

泡銭

あぶくぜに

easy money

舟橋

ふなはし ふなばし

pontoon

虚舟

うつろぶね

unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)

舟運

しゅううん

transportation by water (i.e. by ship)