This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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かま
sickle; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; noisiness; part of a fish around the gills
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いざ鎌倉

いざかまくら
case that something major happens; event of an emergency; when it comes to the crunch
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カマアシムシ目

鎌足虫目
カマアシムシもく、かまあしむしもく
Protura (order of wingless insects)
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鎌倉新仏教

かまくらしんぶっきょう
new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period
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鎌倉彫り

かまくらぼり
carvings of the Kamakura style
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鎌倉幕府

かまくらばくふ
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333 CE)
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鎌槍

かまやり
spear with curved cross-blades
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鎌足

かまあし
legs bowed in; sitting with heels spread apart
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鎌入れ

かまいれ
harvesting
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鎌柄

かまつか、カマツカ
sickle handle; goby minnow (Pseudogobio esocinus); Oriental photinia (species of shrub, Photinia villosa); Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis); Joseph's-coat (species of amaranth, Amaranthus tricolor)