甲こう羅ら干ぼし

noun

basking; shell drying

Used for turtles and other shelled animals stretching out to dry their shells in the sun. The image is of a turtle spreading its limbs on a rock or log.

• 池いけの石いしの上うえで亀かめが甲こう羅ら干ぼしをしている。

  A turtle is basking on a rock in the pond.

noun

sunbathing on one's stomach

Rare humorous or figurative use for a person lying face down in the sun, likening them to a turtle drying its shell.

• 彼かれはビーチで甲こう羅ら干ぼしをしていた。

  He was sunbathing on his stomach at the beach.