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    3. 殻を閉ざす

    殻を閉ざす

    殻からを​閉とざ​す​

    to close up like an oyster

    NTVerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab32 strokes

    からをとざす

    Verb

    1.
    to close up like an oyster, to retire into one's shell
    rare term

    Stroke 0 / 32

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    殻
    から・がら…(3)
    husk・nut shell
    Kanji
    閉
    と.じる・と.ざす・し.める・し.まる・た.てる…(2)
    closed・shut
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    ざ
    za
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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