Word Meaning 鎌切

かまきり kamakiri

鎌切 is read as かまきり (kamakiri) and means praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis).

Meaning

English

  1. praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)

Reading

Kana

かまきり

Romaji

kamakiri

Writing Variants

  • 蟐螂 かまきり kamakiri
  • 螳螂 かまきり kamakiri
  • 螳螂 とうろう tourou
  • 蟷螂 いいぼむしり iibomushiri
  • 蟷螂 いもじり imojiri
  • 蟷螂 かまきり kamakiri
  • 蟷螂 とうろう tourou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 115550 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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)

鎌入れ

かまいれ

harvesting