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かに
こうら
甲羅
せて
あな

A crab digs a hole the same size as its shell.
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expression
to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth; a crab digs a hole like its own shell  (idiomatic expression)
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Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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Most common form: かに
noun
crab  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. shell; carapace
2. person's back
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. hole  (see also: 穴が開く; also read めど for this sense)
2. deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.)
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to dig; to excavate; to hollow
2. to delve into
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Kanji
かに crab   
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カイ   ゲ   と to untie, solve, resolve   とける to come undone, disappear   とかす to melt, dissolve   
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カク   corner; horn   かど corner   つの horn   
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corner
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
トウ   かたな sword   
ギュウ   うし cow   
チュウ   むし insect   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
dot   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
コウ   カン    #1, first; armor   
ラ    gauze   
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net
イ    fiber, rope   
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little bird
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シ   いと thread   
ジ   similar   に to be similar to   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
イ    (prefix) or   
ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
クツ   ほ to dig   
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hand
クツ    yield   
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corpse
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
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