繭

まゆ

cocoon

屑繭

くずまゆ

waste cocoon (silk), bad cocoon, damaged cocoon

春繭

はるまゆ

spring cocoon crop

収繭

しゅうけん おさむまゆ

cocoon crop

山繭

やままゆ てんさん ヤママユ

Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)

玉繭

たままゆ

dupion (double cocoon formed jointly by two or more silkworms), dupioni

繭紬

けんちゅう

pongee (unbleached silk)

蚕繭

silkworm cocoon

黄繭

こうけん きまゆ

yellow cocoon

繭価

まゆか けんか

price of a cocoon

産繭

(silkworm) cocoon production

繭玉

まゆだま

New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes

繭をかける

まゆをかける

to spin a cocoon

山繭蛾

やままゆが ヤママユガ

Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)

小繭蜂

こまゆばち コマユバチ

braconid, member of the Braconidae (family of parasitic wasps)

二つ繭

ふたつまゆ

double cocoon

代かき

しろかき

preparing a rice field for planting by flooding it and tilling the soil

雪かき

ゆきかき

snow shoveling (shovelling); snow clearing; snow removal

毛かき

けかき

"fur removal" or "fur scraping"