"熊手" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [kɯ̟ᵝma̠de̞] Forms: 熊手 [canonical] (ruby: (くま), ()), kumade [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 熊 (kuma, “bear”) + 手 (te, “hand”). The te changes to de as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Appears in texts since 1185. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|熊|手|t1=bear|t2=hand|tr1=kuma|tr2=te}} 熊 (kuma, “bear”) + 手 (te, “hand”), {{m|ja|連濁}} 連濁, {{sortkey|ja|熊手}} くまて', {{rendaku2|te|de}} The te changes to de as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|くまで}} 熊(くま)手(で) • (kumade)
  1. a rake (garden tool), made of various materials; stylized and decorated bamboo rakes are also used as good luck charms for businesses (from the sense of gathering good fortune towards the user) Categories (topical): Tools, Weapons Synonyms: レーキ (english: more general term)
    Sense id: en-熊手-ja-noun-3L5taTXm Disambiguation of Tools: 49 46 6 Disambiguation of Weapons: 39 42 19 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 51 16 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 48 20 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 47 20 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 43 19 37
  2. (historical) a weapon similar in shape to a gardening rake, used to catch and unseat an opponent on horseback Tags: historical Categories (topical): Tools, Weapons
    Sense id: en-熊手-ja-noun-FR1nHN0o Disambiguation of Tools: 49 46 6 Disambiguation of Weapons: 39 42 19 Categories (other): Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 43 19 37
  3. (by analogy from the sense of a tool used to gather something toward the user) an extremely greedy person Categories (topical): Weapons Synonyms: 欲張り
    Sense id: en-熊手-ja-noun-j--P0Jxb Disambiguation of Weapons: 39 42 19 Categories (other): Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 43 19 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 馬鍬: a kind of heavy-duty soil rake (maguwa) (english: smaller hand-held variety), a harrow (english: larger version pulled by livestock or a tractor)

Download JSON data for 熊手 meaning in Japanese (4.7kB)

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