Word Meaning 鎌倉

かまくら kamakura

鎌倉 is read as かまくら (kamakura) and means Kamakura (city).

Meaning

English

Kamakura (city)

Reading

Kana

かまくら

Romaji

kamakura

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 24836 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

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鎌倉女子大学

かまくらじょしだいがく

Kamakura Women's College

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

鎌倉幕府

かまくらばくふ

Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)

鎌倉の戦い

かまくらのたたかい

Battle of Kamakura (Genkō War; 1333)

鎌倉様

かまくらよう

Kamakura style

鎌倉彫り

かまくらぼり

carvings of the Kamakura style

いざ鎌倉

いざかまくら

case that something major happens

鎌

かま

gooseneck tenon and mortise joint

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)

Example Sentences

鎌倉に住んで１２年になる。

I have lived in Kamakura for twelve years.

鎌倉は源氏ゆかりの地です。

Kamakura is a place noted in connection with the Genji family.

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