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    3. 甲羅

    甲羅

    甲こう羅ら

    shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.)

    KMT9News #28+1NounAnimalsKanji Vocab24 strokes

    甲ら

    こうら

    Noun

    1.
    shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.), carapace, plastron
    2.
    (person's) back
    3.
    years of experience

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    カメは甲こう羅らの中なかに隠かくれる。

    A turtle hides inside its shell.

    KMT7Animals
    カニの甲こう羅らはとても硬かたい。

    A crab's shell is very hard.

    KMT9Animals
    博はく物ぶつ館かんには、絶ぜつ滅めつした古こ代だい生せい物ぶつの巨きょ大だいな甲こう羅らが展てん示じされている。

    The museum exhibits the giant shells of extinct ancient creatures.

    KMT9AnimalsHistory
    彼かれは子こ供どもの頃ころ、海かい岸がんで拾ひろったカニの甲こう羅らを集あつめるのが好すきだった。

    When he was a child, he liked collecting crab shells he found on the beach.

    KMT9AnimalsDaily Life
    多おおくの海かい洋よう生せい物ぶつは、捕ほ食しょく者しゃから身みを守まもるために硬かたい甲こう羅らを持もっている。

    Many marine creatures have hard shells to protect themselves from predators.

    KMT10AnimalsScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    甲
    きのえ…(6)
    armor・high (voice)・A grade・first class・former…(2)
    羅
    うすもの…(1)
    gauze・thin silk・Rome・arrange・spread out
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