Refers to a person who forges metal, or the shop where such work is done.
small crowbar; cat's paw
Colloquial term for a small nail-pulling tool. Usually written in katakana as カジヤ.
The village blacksmith fixed my kitchen knife.
I pulled out the old nail with a cat's paw.
Standard kanji spelling for a blacksmith or smithy.
Search-only variant with kana prefix.
Mixed kanji-katakana spelling, sometimes seen in informal contexts.
Compound of 鍛冶 (kaji, 'forging') + 屋 (ya, 'shop' or 'person'). The tool sense is a colloquial extension, likely from the shape or function resembling a blacksmith's tool.