甲

Meaning

甲 centers on a hard outer covering or top position: armor, a shell, the instep, or the first/highest rank. The 'high voice' and 'former' senses are less central but relate to being top or first.

• 甲斐かい

  result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit; avail

• 甲こう

  carapace; shell

• 甲子園こうしえん

  Koshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture)

• 甲斐がい
  N1

  result (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit; avail

• 装甲そうこう

  armoring; armouring; armor; armour

• 甲府こうふ

  Kōfu (city in Yamanashi)

• 甲状腺こうじょうせん

  thyroid (gland)

• 遣り甲斐やりがい
  N2

  value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction

• 甲板かんぱん

  deck (of a ship)

• 甲虫かぶとむし

  rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)

• 甲羅こうら

  shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; plastron

• 甲冑かっちゅう

  armor and helmet

• 装甲車そうこうしゃ

  armoured vehicle; armored vehicle

• 亀甲きっこう

  tortoiseshell; tortoise shell

• 手の甲てのこう

  back of the hand

• 甲殻こうかく

  carapace; shell; crust

• 機甲きこう

  armour (e.g. tank); armor

• 甲虫こうちゅう

  beetle

• 甲種こうしゅ

  A-grade; first-class

• 甲高いかんだかい

  high-pitched; shrill

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