こうら
Meanings
Noun
1. shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; plastron
2. person's back
3. years of experience
Pitch accent
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Composed of
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
to bask in the sun lying flat on one's belly
to accumulate years of experience; to become proficient
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