insect moulting

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ゼイセイタイ

Kun

もぬ.けるぬけがら

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Common Words

抜け殻脱け殻けがら抜殻脱殻NounFreq #17601
1

cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

もぬけの殻蛻の殻ぬけのからもぬけの空NounExpressionFreq #26220
1

completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; deserted

2

body from which the soul has left; corpse

3

Orig. meaning

shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)

ぬけ蛻け藻抜け裳脱けNounUsually kanaFreq #97905
1

shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.); ecdysis

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