Kanji List

鞘

• kun: さや
• on: ショウ, ソウ
• meaning: sheath, case, margin, difference, shells (of beans)
• words:

  Word	Reading	Meaning
  鞘	さや	scabbard
  ミエリン鞘	ミエリンしょう	myelin sheath (around the axon of a neuron)
  金利鞘	きんりしょう	interest margin
  元鞘	もとさや	returning to normal after all is said and done
  朱鞘	しゅざや	red-lacquered sword sheath
  腱鞘	けんしょう	sheath of tendon
  腱鞘炎	けんしょうえん	inflammation of a tendon (sheath), tendonitis, tendinitis, tenosynovitis, tenovaginitis, tendovaginitis
  値鞘	ねざや	margin, spread (in prices)
  鞘当て	さやあて	rivalry (in love, touching of sheaths)
  逆鞘	ぎゃくざや	(discount rate) negative spread