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)
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