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    3. 繭

    繭

    繭まゆ

    cocoon

    KMT10News #32+1Ref L2NounAnimalsKanji Vocab18 strokes

    まゆ

    Noun

    1.
    cocoon

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    蚕かいこが繭まゆを作つくっている。

    Silkworms are making cocoons.

    KMT8AnimalsScience & Math
    蝶ちょうの幼よう虫ちゅうは、やがて美うつくしい繭まゆの中なかで変へん態たいする。

    Butterfly larvae eventually metamorphose inside beautiful cocoons.

    KMT10AnimalsScience & Math
    繭まゆから糸いとを紡つむぎ出だす作さ業ぎょうは、非ひ常じょうに繊せん細さいな技ぎ術じゅつを要ようする。

    The process of spinning thread from cocoons requires extremely delicate skill.

    KMT10AnimalsTechnologyWork & Career
    蛾がの仲なか間まには、土つちの中なかに繭まゆを作つくる種しゅ類るいもいる。

    Some species of moths also build cocoons underground.

    KMT10AnimalsNature & Environment
    日に本ほんの絹きぬ織おり物ものは、古ふるくから蚕かいこの繭まゆを利り用ようして作つくられてきた。

    Japanese silk fabrics have long been made using silkworm cocoons.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistoryAnimals

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