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Japanese
Alternative spelling
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水搔き (kyūjitai)
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Noun
水掻き • (mizukaki)
- swimfin, paddle (flat limb of turtle etc.)
- 1927, 芥川龍之介, 河童:
- 小さい河童は水掻きのある手に二三度空を掴んだ
- chīsai kappa wa mizukaki no aru te ni ni san do sora o tsukanda
- The tiny kappa grasped at the air two or three times with its hands of fins