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：2025/12/22
繭
Hiragana
まゆ
Noun
Japanese Meaning
昆虫の幼虫がつくる、糸でできた殻。特にカイコがつくるものを指し、絹糸の原料となる。 / 外界から守られた、閉じこもった状態や環境のたとえ。
Easy Japanese Meaning
むしがからだをまもるためにつくるふくろのようなもの
Chinese (Simplified)
茧 / 蚕茧 / 昆虫幼虫吐丝形成的保护壳
Sense（1）
(entomology) a cocoon
（ romanization ）
（ hiragana ）
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繭
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The butterfly came out of the cocoon.
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蝶が繭から出てきました。
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