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かまきり
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
55%
蟷螂かまきり
40%
かまきり
2%
螳螂かまきり
鎌かま切きり
蟐螂かまきり
Pitch accent
か
まきり
Used in: 20
Composed of
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
end; finish; bound; limit; 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)
water scorpion (Ranatra chinensis); water stick
narrow-winged mantis
mantidfly (any insect of the family Mantispidae)