Moto 鎌: Sickle; Scythe; TrickKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- レン、ケン
- Kun'yomi
- かま
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 49 in the dictionary
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 鎌かまsickle
- 鎌倉かまくらKamakura (city)
- いざ鎌倉いざかまくらcase that something major happens; event of an emergency
- 二丁鎌にちょうがまtwo sickles used in Okinawan Kobudo
- 大脳鎌だいのうかまfalx cerebri; cerebral falx
- 大鎌おおがまscythe
- 草刈り鎌くさかりがまgrass sickle
- 草鎌くさがまgrass sickle
- 鉈鎌なたがまbillhook
- 鋸鎌のこぎりがまtoothed sickle
- 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
- 鎌を掛けるかまをかけるto trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
- 鎌倉の戦いかまくらのたたかいBattle of Kamakura (Genkō War, 1333); Siege of Kamakura
- 鎌倉五山かまくらござんthe five great Rinzai temples of Kamakura (Kencho-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jochi-ji, Jomyo-ji)
- 鎌倉幕府かまくらばくふKamakura shogunate (1185-1333 CE)
- 鎌倉彫りかまくらぼりcarvings of the Kamakura style
- 鎌倉新仏教かまくらしんぶっきょうnew schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period
- 鎌倉時代かまくらじだいKamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
- 鎌入れかまいれharvesting
- 鎌宝蔵院流かまほうぞういんりゅうHozoin-ryu (school of sojutsu)
- 鎌尾根かまおねarête; sharp ridge
- 鎌形かまがたsickle-shaped; falciform
- 鎌形赤血球貧血症かまがたせっけっきゅうひんけつしょうsickle cell anemia (anaemia); sickle cell disease
- 鎌柄かまつかsickle handle
- 鎌槍かまやりspear with curved cross-blades
- 鎌止めかまどめcutting grass and trees is prohibited
- 鎌状かまじょうsickle-shaped; falciform
- 鎌状赤血球症かまじょうせっけっきゅうしょうsickle cell disease; sickle cell anemia (anaemia)
- 鎌状赤血球貧血かまじょうせっけっきゅうひんけつsickle cell anemia (anaemia); sickle cell disease
- 鎌継ぎかまつぎgooseneck tenon and mortise joint
- 鎌脚虫かまあしむしproturan (any wingless insect of order Protura)
- 鎌足かまあしlegs bowed in; sitting with heels spread apart
- 鎌風かまかぜcut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind
- 鎌首かまくびsickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis); crooked neck
- 鎌首をもたげるかまくびをもたげるto raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
- 鎌髭かまひげsickle-shaped moustache (often worn by servants in the Edo period)
- 鎌鼬かまいたちcut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind
- 鎖鎌くさりがまsickle and chain (weapon)
Other readings
- 利鎌とがまsharp sickle
- 南鎌海豚みなみかわいるかPeale's dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis)
- 大西洋鎌海豚たいせいようかわいるかAtlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)
- 腹白鎌海豚はらじろかまいるかdusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus)
- 草刈鎌くさかりがまgrass sickle
- 鎌切かまきりpraying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
- 鎌海豚かまいるかPacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
- 鎌状赤血球病かまじょうせっけっきゅうsickle cell anemia (anaemia); sickle cell disease
- 鎌継かまつぎgooseneck tenon and mortise joint
- 鎌足虫目カマアシムシもくProtura (order of wingless insects)
- 鼻白鎌海豚はなじろかわいるかwhite-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris)
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