Shell

"Shell" in Japanese

シェル

sheru

(computing: general-purpose environment)

卵殻

rankaku

(hard covering of an egg)

kara

(hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of many invertebrates)

kara

(hard covering of an egg)

kara

(covering of a nut)

kara

(husks of cacao seeds)

kaku

(chemistry: set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number)

kara

(psychological barrier to social interaction)

(conjoined scutes that comprise the "shell" of a tortoise or turtle)

(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)

momi

(husks of cacao seeds)

籾殻

momigara

(husks of cacao seeds)

(music: string instrument, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell)

(music: body of a drum)

(nautical: outer covering of the hull)

(nautical, rigging: outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve)

船体

sentai

(nautical: outer covering of the hull)

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)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.