Word Meaning 鎌をかける

かまをかける kamaokakeru

鎌をかける is read as かまをかける (kamaokakeru) and means to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth).

Meaning

English

to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth)
to ask a leading question

Reading

Kana

かまをかける

Romaji

kamaokakeru

Writing Variants

カマを掛ける かまをかける kamaokakeru
鎌を掛ける かまをかける kama o kakeru

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Proverb ✓ Rank 138866 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

かま

gooseneck tenon and mortise joint

鎌倉

かまくら

Kamakura (city)

鎌倉女子大学

かまくらじょしだいがく

Kamakura Women's College

鎌状赤血球病

かまじょうせっけっきゅうびょう

sickle cell anemia (anaemia)

鎌倉時代

かまくらじだい

Kamakura period (1185-1333)

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)

鎌倉養護学校

かまくらようごがっこう

Kamakura Special Needs School (older name style)

鎌宝蔵院流

かまほうぞういんりゅう

Hozoin-ryu (school of sojutsu)

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

鎌状赤血球症

かまじょうせっけっきゅうしょう

sickle cell disease

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)