鞘

Meaning

鞘 centers on a protective covering that encloses something: a sheath for a blade, a case, or the pod (shell) of beans. The margin/difference sense extends from the idea of a narrow gap or space between the covering and what it holds.

• 鞘さや

  scabbard; sheath

• 海鞘ほや

  sea squirt; ascidian

• 腱鞘炎けんしょうえん

  tenosynovitis

• ミエリン鞘ミエリンしょう

  myelin sheath (around the axon of a neuron)

• 値鞘ねざや

  margin; spread (in prices)

• 元の鞘に収まるもとのさやにおさまる

  to bury the hatchet; to make up; to be reconciled; to be reunited (e.g. couple); to be reinstated

• 卵鞘らんしょう

  ootheca; egg case

• 幼芽鞘ようがしょう

  coleoptile; acrospire

• 弓は袋に太刀は鞘ゆみはふくろにたちはさや

  the world is at peace; bows in bags and swords in sheaths

• 恋の鞘当てこいのさやあて

  rivalry in love; rivalry for the heart of a woman

• 朱鞘しゅざや

  red-lacquered sword sheath

• 真海鞘まぼや

  sea pineapple (Halocynthia roretzi)

• 神経鞘腫しんけいしょうしゅ

  schwannoma; neurilemmoma

• 翅鞘ししょう

  elytron

• 腱鞘けんしょう

  sheath of tendon

• 葉鞘ようしょう

  leaf sheath; vagina

• 言葉に鞘があることばにさやがある

  to be evasive; to be not entirely truthful; to not be frank

• 金利鞘きんりしょう

  interest margin

• 鞘を払うさやをはらう

  to draw a sword

• 鞘味泥さやみどろ

  oedogonium (any of a genus of filamentous green algae)

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