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コウラ
Meanings
Noun
1. shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; plastron
2. person's back
3. years of experience
Alt. forms
甲こう羅ら
88%
こうら
10%
コウラ
1%
Pitch accent
コ
ウラ
コ
ウラ
Used in: 3
Composed of
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
① 薄く織った織物。② 男陰の古語。魔羅の略。（『隠語辞典集成』21巻, 『大辞林』）
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
crab meat mixed with vegetables and egg yolk, steamed inside its shell
to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth; (lit.) a crab digs a hole like its own shell