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鎌 かま

  1. sickle
  2. leading question; trick question
  3. sickle-and-chain (weapon)
  4. spear with curved cross-blades
  5. gooseneck tenon and mortise joint
  6. noisiness
  7. part of a fish around the gills

鎌倉 かまくら

  1. Kamakura (city)

鎌かけ カマかけ

  1. tricking someone (into confirming or revealing the truth)

鎌をかける カマをかける

  1. to ask a leading question; to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth)

鎌倉の戦い かまくらのたたかい

  1. Battle of Kamakura (Genkō War; 1333); Siege of Kamakura

鎌倉五山 かまくらござん

  1. the five great Rinzai temples of Kamakura (Kenchō-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jōchi-ji, Jōmyō-ji)

鎌倉女子大学 かまくらじょしだいがく

  1. Kamakura Women's College

鎌倉幕府 かまくらばくふ

  1. Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)

鎌倉彫 かまくらぼり

  1. Kamakura-style carving

鎌倉新仏教 かまくらしんぶっきょう

  1. new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period
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