Illustration: On a sunny veranda beside a Japanese home's small garden, a turtle has withdrawn almost completely into its broad, domed shell. Its tiny nose and front toes remain just visible beneath the rim, making the shell's relationship to the body unmistakable.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

甲こう

kou

shell, carapace

Example sentences

  1. 硬かたい甲こうなどの共通点きょうつうてんもある。

    The two kinds have similar features such as a hard shell etc.

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  2. 小ちいさな亀かめの甲こうに泥どろがついていた。

    There was mud on the little turtle’s shell.

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  3. この亀かめの甲こうには白しろい模様もようがある。

    This turtle’s shell has a white pattern.

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Kanji in 甲

  • 甲armor; high (voice)Onコウ・カンKunきのえ

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