Word Meaning 殻を閉ざす

からをとざす kara o tozasu

殻を閉ざす is read as からをとざす (kara o tozasu) and means to close up like an oyster.

Meaning

English

to close up like an oyster
to retire into one's shell

Reading

Kana

からをとざす

Romaji

kara o tozasu

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 138289 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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閉殻筋

へいかくきん

adductor muscle (of a bivalve)

殻

から

shell

殻構造

かくこうぞう

shell structure

閉ざす

とざす

to block (a street, entrance, etc.)

門戸を閉ざす

もんこをとざす

to close the door (to)

貝殻

かいがら

seashell

閉鎖

へいさ

closing

吸い殻

すいがら

cigarette end

地殻

ちかく

(Earth's) crust

地殻変動

ちかくへんどう

diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust)

幽閉

ゆうへい

confinement

閉幕

へいまく

falling of the curtain