鎌切

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鎌	切
かま Grade: S	き(り) Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

鎌(かま)切(きり) or 鎌切(カマキリ) • (kamakiri) 

1. alternative spelling of 蟷螂 (kamakiri, “mantis, insect of the family Mantidae”)
   • 2011, Satō Taishi, Mō hitotsu no asa [One more morning], page 149:

     五(ご)月(がつ)、はじめて僕(ぼく)がその家(いえ)に住(す)むことになった日(ひ)、部(へ)屋(や)のなかには、ちいさな鎌(カマ)切(キリ)の幼(よう)虫(ちゅう)がほうぼうに這(は)い廻(まわ)っていた。

     Gogatsu, hajimete boku ga sono ie ni sumu koto ni natta hi, heya no naka ni wa, chīsa na kamakiri no yōchū ga hōbō ni hai mawatteita.

     May, on the first day I started living in that house, inside my room there were little mantis larvae crawling all around.

2. alternative spelling of 杜父魚 (kamakiri, “fourspine sculpin, a freshwater fish”)
   • 2021, Kyokai mono no shiri jiten [Encyclopedia of fish and shellfish], new edition, Heibonsha, page 116:

     鎌(カマ)切(キリ)・杜父魚(カマキリ)　カジカ科(か)の魚(うお)。地(ち)方(ほう)名(めい)アラレガコ、アイ（ユ）カケなど。全(ぜん)長(ちょう)25( 25)センチ。

     Kamakiri kamakiri Kajikaka no uo. Chihōmei araregako, ai (yu) kake nado. Zenchō 25 senchi.

     Kamakiri. Sculpin family fish. Local names include araregako, ai(yu)kake etc. Length 25 cm.