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熊手くまで - kumade
熊-bear (kuma), 手-hand (te)
rake
Definitions
| Japanese > English |
| 熊手 |
| 1. n. a rake (garden tool), made of various materials; stylized and decorated bamboo rakes are also used as good luck charms for businesses (q, from the sense of gathering good fortune towards the user) |
| (synonyms, ja, レーキ, tr1=rēki, q1=more general term) |
| 2. n. (historical) a weapon similar in shape to a gardening rake, used to catch and unseat an opponent on horseback |
| 3. n. (by analogy from the sense of a tool used to gather something toward the user) an extremely greedy person |
| (synonyms, ja, 欲張り, tr1=yokubari) |
Pronunciation
kumade
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