かまきり

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かまきり [káꜜmàkìrì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ma̠kʲiɾʲi]

Noun

かまきり or カマキリ • (kamakiri) 

1. 蟷螂, 螳螂, 鎌切: a mantis (any of various large insects of the order Mantodea); (by extension, from the slender build of the insect) a skinny person or horse
2. 鎌切, 杜父魚, 蟷螂, 螳螂: a fourspine sculpin, a fish of species Cottus kazika, more commonly known as 鮎掛 (ayukake)