カニ

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of カニ – see the following entry.
かにJ
a crab (infraorder Brachyura)
the act of walking stretched and sideways, like a crab
the act of a prostitute who secretly meets with her lover
(slang, criminal, stall keeper) scissors
(colloquial) a handjob (stimulating the penis using a hand); a pussy (vulva); a prostitute
Synonym of 蟹糞 (kanikuso, meconium)
a swell of an infant with water and pus
a 家紋 (kamon, family crest) containing crabs, a front-facing crab in a circle, and square crabs
a head in 人形浄瑠璃 (ningyōjōruri) whose face is stretched out like a crab; two is used for honest men and another for minor characters
a style used in 生け花 (ikebana) whose metallic part looks like a crab
a term used to mock Western women who are bow-legged
(This term, カニ (kani), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)