巻

Vocabulary (12)

• 巻軸

  かんじく

  (center portion of a) scroll (centre)

• 花巻養護学校

  はなまきようごがっこう

  Hanamaki Special Needs School (older name style)

• 石巻専修大学

  いしのまきせんしゅうだいがく

  Ishinomakisenshuu University

• けんちん汁

  けんちんじる

  Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder

• 茶葉巻

  ちゃはまき

  Oriental tea tortrix moth (Homona magnanima)

• 岩檜葉

  いわひば

  Selaginella tamariscina (species of spikemoss)

• 分巻

  ぶんまき

  alternating-current winding

• 尾巻猿

  おまきざる

  any monkey of family Cebidae (esp. the capuchin monkeys of genus Cebus, but also including marmosets, tamarins and squirrel monkeys)

• 棒渦巻銀河

  ぼううずまきぎんが

  barred spiral galaxy

• 糸巻河豚

  いとまきふぐ

  basketfish (Kentrocapros aculeatus)

• 巻首

  かんしゅ

  beginning (of a scroll, book, etc.)

• 磯辺巻き

  いそべまき

  bite-sized morsels wrapped in nori