トラバサミ
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Meanings
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steel trap; foothold trap; bear trap
usually written using kana alone
A strong, spring-loaded trap with metal jaws, used for catching wild animals by the leg. Often associated with trapping bears or boars in rural Japan.
Setting steel traps in the mountains is prohibited by law.
In the past, hunters used bear traps to catch bears.