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カマキリ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
occ. written 杜父魚
Alt. forms
カマキリ
51%
蟷螂
かまきり
39%
とうろう
5%
かまきり
3%
螳螂
かまきり
鎌
かま
切
きり
蟐螂
かまきり
Pitch accent
カ
マキリ
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Used in: 244
Composed of
カマ
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint;
(arch.)
noisiness
キリ
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
ミズ
カマキリ
water stick; water scorpion
カマキリ
モドキ
mantidfly (any insect of the family Mantispidae)
チョウセン
カマキリ
narrow-winged mantis