かま
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word かま. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word かま, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say かま in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word かま you have here. The definition of the word かま will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofかま, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
鎌 (kama): a traditional Japanese sickle.
See also: がま
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 鎌 |
From Old Japanese. Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.
Pronunciation
Noun
- a sickle
- Synonym: サイズ (saizu)
- 1999 February 4, “ダークキラー [Dark Killer]”, in Vol.1, Konami:
- カマのように発達した腕を振り回し攻撃してくる。
- Kama no yō ni hattatsu shita ude o furimawashi kōgeki shitekuru.
- It attacks with its arms, which have grown like sickles.
- カマのように発達した腕を振り回し攻撃してくる。
- a sickle-shaped weapon, such as a polearm with a sickle-shaped blade, or a 鎖鎌 (kusarigama)
- 1999 July 5, “音女 [Sonicmaiden]”, in Booster 3, Konami:
- 音を扱うのが得意なオトメ。音符のカマを使い攻撃する。
- Oto o atsukau no ga tokui na otome. Onpu no kama o tsu kai kōgeki suru.
- A maiden proud of her ability to manipulate sound. She attacks with her musical-note-shaped scythe.
- 音を扱うのが得意なオトメ。音符のカマを使い攻撃する。
- short for 火打鎌 (hiuchigama): a striker for lighting fires (from the way that pieces of a broken kama blade were used for this purpose)
- (slang) a perverse or bent tendency or way of thinking (from the way a kama blade bends)
- (slang) a person with a perverse or bent tendency or way of thinking
- a category of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) featuring a sickle
- (woodworking) short for 鎌継ぎ (kamatsugi): a hammer-headed tenon (from the way the sickle blade sticks out perpendicular to the handle, similar to the sides of the hammer head on this kind of tenon)
- (slang) excessive talkativeness (probably by sound association with the word 喧しい (yakamashii, “noisy”))
- (slang) an excessively talkative person
- (slang) a penis (probably from the way that a sickle blade sticks out perpendicular to the handle)
Derived terms
Derived terms
Idioms
Idioms
- 鎌が切れる (kama ga kireru): “the sickle cuts well” → to do things with authority, to get things sorted quickly and efficiently, to do things crisply and tidily
- 鎌を掛ける (kama o kakeru): “to apply the sickle” → to get something out of a person without them being aware (compare English to glean); to tempt someone, to draw someone out
- 鎌に掛かる (kama ni kakaru): “to be caught by a sickle” → to be taken in by someone, to be fooled or tricked
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
- area of a fish around the gills
Derived terms
- ぶりかま (burikama): a dish prepared from the head of 鰤 (buri, “Japanese amberjack”)
Etymology 3
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 釜 窯 竃 竈 缶 |
From Old Japanese, signifying a container for high heat and referring variously to a hearth, oven, pot, kettle; in turn from Proto-Japonic *kama. Possibly cognate with Korean 가마 (gama, “kiln; oven”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Synonyms
- (boiler): ボイラー (boirā)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN