Shell
"Shell" in Japanese
シェル
sheru
(computing: general-purpose environment)
卵殻
rankaku
(hard covering of an egg)
殻
kara
(hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of many invertebrates)
殻
kara
(hard covering of an egg)
殻
kara
(covering of a nut)
殻
kara
(husks of cacao seeds)
殻
kaku
(chemistry: set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number)
殻
kara
(psychological barrier to social interaction)
甲
kō
(conjoined scutes that comprise the "shell" of a tortoise or turtle)
甲
kō
(overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering armadillo's body)
甲羅
kōra
(conjoined scutes that comprise the "shell" of a tortoise or turtle)
甲羅
kōra
(overlapping hard plates comprising the armor covering armadillo's body)
砲弾
hōdan
(hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a mortar or a cannon)
空洞
kūdō
(any hollow structure; framework, or exterior structure)
籾
momi
(husks of cacao seeds)
籾殻
momigara
(husks of cacao seeds)
胴
dō
(music: string instrument, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell)
胴
dō
(music: body of a drum)
胴
dō
(nautical: outer covering of the hull)
胴
dō
(nautical, rigging: outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve)
船体
sentai
(nautical: outer covering of the hull)
莢
saya
(pod)
薬莢
yakkyō
(casing of an artillery projectile)
薬莢
yakkyō
(cartridge of a breechloading firearm)
貝殻
kaigara
(hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of many invertebrates)
鞘翅
(entomology: exoskeleton of certain insects)
剥く
muku
(to remove the outer covering or shell of something)
支払う
shiharau
(informal: to disburse or give up money, to pay)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.