鎌

Meaning

鎌 centers on a curved blade for cutting: a sickle or scythe. The 'trick' meaning is a rare, possibly archaic extension, but the core idea is the farming tool.

• 鎌倉かまくら
  N5

  Kamakura (city)

• 鎌かま
  N1

  sickle

• 大鎌おおがま

  scythe

• 鎖鎌くさりがま

  sickle and chain (weapon)

• いざ鎌倉いざかまくら

  case that something major happens; event of an emergency; when it comes to the crunch

• 二丁鎌にちょうがま

  two sickles used in Okinawan Kobudo

• 利鎌とがま

  sharp sickle

• 南鎌海豚みなみかまいるか

  Peale's dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis)

• 大脳鎌だいのうかま

  falx cerebri; cerebral falx

• 大西洋鎌海豚たいせいようかまいるか

  Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)

• 湘南鎌倉医療大学しょうなんかまくらいりょうだいがく

  Shonan Kamakura University of Medical Sciences

• 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

• 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

• 鎌かけかまかけ

  tricking someone (into confirming or revealing the truth)

• 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 (Kenchō-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jōchi-ji, Jōmyō-ji)

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