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Kanji Details:

  • Frequency:1587
  • Kun: かま
  • On: レン, ケン
  • Meaning: sickle, scythe, trick
  • Examples:
    WordReadingMeaning
    かまsickle; sickle-and-chain (weapon); type of spear with curved cross-blade(s); gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; noisiness; part of a fish around the gills
    鎌をかけるかまをかけるto trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth), to ask a leading question
    鎌止めかまどめcutting grass and trees is prohibited
    鎌首かまくびgooseneck
    鎌倉時代かまくらじだいKamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
    鎌足かまあしlegs bowed in, sitting with heels spread apart
    鎌鼬かまいたちcut caused by whirlwind, folkloric monster
    鎌切かまきり, とうろう, いもじり, いいぼむしり, カマキリpraying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
    鎌形かまがたsickle-shaped, falciform
    鎖鎌くさりがまsickle and chain (weapon)