殻

Meaning

殻 centers on a hard outer covering that encloses and protects something inside: a husk, shell, or similar casing.

• 殻から
  N2

  shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

• 貝殻かいがら
  N1

  seashell; shell

• 地殻ちかく

  (Earth's) crust

• 抜け殻ぬけがら

  cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

• 甲殻こうかく

  carapace; shell; crust

• 吸い殻すいがら
  N1

  cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes

• もぬけの殻もぬけのから

  completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; deserted

• 卵殻らんかく

  eggshell

• 籾殻もみがら

  rice husks; chaff

• 紅殻べにがら

  red iron oxide; red ocher

• 貝殻虫かいがらむし

  scale insect

• 地殻変動ちかくへんどう

  diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust)

• イセリア介殻虫イセリアかいがらむし

  cottony cushion scale (species of scale insect, Icerya purchasi)

• カニ殻カニがら

  crab shell (often ground or crushed and used as fertilizer); crab shell meal

• ヤシ殻ヤシかく

  coconut shell

• 介殻かいかく

  sea shell

• 出し殻だしがら

  grounds (of tea and coffee)

• 出殻でがら

  grounds (of tea and coffee)

• 割殻われから

  skeleton shrimp (Caprella mutica); spectre shrimp; specter shrimp

• 卵の殻たまごのから

  eggshell

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