Kanji

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

かま
祖父は鋭い鎌を使って、庭の雑草を刈り取った。

My grandfather used a sharp sickle to cut down the weeds in the garden.

薙ぐ なぐ
父は鎌で伸びた草を薙いだ。

My father cut down the overgrown grass with a sickle.

鎌倉 かまくら
週末に鎌倉へ行って、大仏を見てきました。

I went to Kamakura over the weekend and saw the Great Buddha.

別邸 べってい
彼は夏を鎌倉の別邸で過ごした

He spent the summer at his villa in Kamakura.

鎌首 かまくび
蛇が鎌首をもたげて威嚇してきた。

The snake raised its head and threatened me.

鎌倉時代 かまくらじだい
鎌倉時代には武士が政治の実権を握っていた。

During the Kamakura period, the samurai held actual political power.

中世 ちゅうせい
日本の歴史において、鎌倉時代と室町時代を合わせて中世と呼ぶ。

In Japanese history, the Kamakura and Muromachi periods are collectively called the Middle Ages.

鎌倉幕府 かまくらばくふ
源頼朝によって開かれた鎌倉幕府は、日本で最初の本格的な武家政権である。

The Kamakura Shogunate, established by Minamoto no Yoritomo, was Japan's first full-scale military government.

源氏 げんじ
源氏は平氏を倒して、鎌倉幕府を開いた。

The Minamoto clan defeated the Taira clan and established the Kamakura Shogunate.

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