Word Meaning 甲羅

こうら koura

甲羅 is read as こうら (koura) and means person's back.

Meaning

English

  1. person's back
  2. years of experience
  3. shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.)
  4. carapace
  5. plastron

Reading

Kana

こうら

Romaji

koura

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 22184 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

甲羅を経る

こうらをへる

to accumulate years of experience

甲羅干し

こうらぼし

basking (of animals with a shell or carapace, esp. turtles)

甲羅蒸

こうらむし

crab meat mixed with vegetables and egg yolk, steamed inside its shell

甲羅を干す

こうらをほす

to bask in the sun lying flat on one's stomach

甲板

かんぱん

deck (of a ship)

甲高い

かんだかい

high-pitched

甲種

こうしゅ

A-grade

甲乙

こうおつ

first and second

こう

1st in rank

かぶと

helmet (of a warrior)

甲骨文

こうこつぶん

oracle bone script

Example Sentences

1

こうらのもようでそのかめをみわけた。

I recognized the turtle by the pattern on its carapace.