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殻 から N2

  1. chaff; hull; husk; pod; shell

殻 がら

  1. chicken bones (e.g. for soup); chicken carcass
  2. poor-quality coke (coal)
  3. left-overs; remnants

殻 かく

  1. shell (e.g. electron shell)

殻に閉じこもる からにとじこもる

  1. to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away; to withdraw into oneself

殻むき からむき

  1. shelling (e.g. of eggs, nuts, crabs and such)

殻を破る からをやぶる

  1. to break out of one's shell; to break up and start anew; to go outside oneself; to make a fresh start

殻を閉ざす からをとざす

  1. to close up like an oyster; to retire into one's shell

殻斗 かくと

  1. acorn cup; cupule

殻果 かくか

  1. hard-shelled nut (e.g. walnut, pecan, almond)

殻構造 かくこうぞう

  1. shell structure
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