Word Meaning

ぬけがら nukegara

蛻 is read as ぬけがら (nukegara) and means cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.)
  2. husk
  3. empty shell
  4. exuvia
  5. exuviae

Reading

Kana

ぬけがら

Romaji

nukegara

Writing Variants

  • 脱け殻 ぬけがら nukegara
  • 脱殻 ぬけがら nukegara
  • 抜け殻 ぬけがら nukegara
  • 抜殻 ぬけがら nukegara

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 159252 Priority Z

Example Sentences

5

きのみきにぬけがらがのこっていた。

An insect shell was still stuck to the tree trunk.

こどもがぬけがらをみつけてよろこんだ。

The child was happy to find an insect shell.

せみはうかのまえにぬけがらをのこす。

A cicada leaves behind its shell before emerging as an adult.

むしがもぬけしてからだをおおきくした。

The insect moulted and then its body grew larger.

にわでみつけたぬけがらをはこにいれてかんさつした。

I put the insect shell I found in the garden into a box to observe it.