What does 殻 in Japanese mean?

What is the meaning of the word 殻 in Japanese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use 殻 in Japanese.

The word 殻 in Japanese means shell, 殻, 殻, 殻, 殻, 殻、皮、層, 外皮、さや、殻, 皮、さや、殻、抜け殻, 外皮、殻, 堅果の皮（殻）, 殻、貝殻, 殻、甲羅. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word 殻

shell

殻

(hard outer layer of an egg) (卵)

卵は殻つきのままゆでることができる。

Eggs can be boiled in the shell.

殻

(mollusc shell) (軟体動物の)

Oysters have a shell made up of two valves.

殻

(nut: outer casing) (ナッツの)

Brazil nuts have an extremely hard shell.

殻

(shell of some invertebrates)

The sea squirt larva is covered in a test.

殻、皮、層

(hard covering)

A thin crust of ice formed on the fresh snow.

外皮、さや、殻

(shell: of a seed, fruit, grain) (植物)

Alex threshed the hulls off the grain.

皮、さや、殻、抜け殻

(fruit, grain: outer shell)

The girls peeled the husks off the ears of corn.

外皮、殻

(biological covering)

Larry broke the nut out of its investment.

堅果の皮（殻）

(shell of a nut)

Nutshells littered the ground where squirrels had left them under the trees.

殻、貝殻

(mollusc's exoskeleton) (貝類)

ⓘこの文は英語例文の訳ではありません。夕食の準備のために、エビの殻をむいた。

Clams have a hard shell.

殻、甲羅

(crustacean's exoskeleton) (甲殻類の)

The newly moulted lobster has a tender shell.

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