鎌かま風かぜ

noun

whirlwind skin cut

A folkloric or meteorological term for a cut on the skin believed to be caused by a vacuum created by a whirlwind. Related to the 鎌鼬 (kamaitachi) phenomenon. Rare and mainly encountered in traditional or regional contexts.

See also: 鎌鼬

• 昔むかしの人ひとは、突とつ然ぜんできる皮ひ膚ふの切きり傷きずを鎌かま風かぜのせいにした。

  People in the past blamed sudden cuts on the skin on the kamakaze.

noun

sudden windstorm; gale

A sudden, violent windstorm or gale. This sense is less common and may be regional or literary.

• 鎌かま風かぜが吹ふき荒あれて、屋や根ねが飛とばされた。

  A sudden gale blew fiercely and tore off the roof.