My grandfather used a sharp sickle to cut down the weeds in the garden.
鎌
sickle, scythe, trick
Kanji
Grade
Grade 8
Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
金部
On'yomi (Chinese Reading)
レン, ケン
Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)
かま
Nanori (Name Reading)
かた, かね, かま
Example sentences
I went to Kamakura over the weekend and saw the Great Buddha.
He spent the summer at his villa in Kamakura.
The snake raised its head and threatened me.
During the Kamakura period, the samurai held actual political power.
In Japanese history, the Kamakura and Muromachi periods are collectively called the Middle Ages.
The Kamakura Shogunate, established by Minamoto no Yoritomo, was Japan's first full-scale military government.
The Minamoto clan defeated the Taira clan and established the Kamakura Shogunate.
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