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：2026/01/12
要
Hiragana
かなめ
Noun
broadly
abbreviation
alt-of
Japanese Meaning
かなめ。扇子の骨をまとめて留める要の部分や、中心・重要な部分を指す名詞。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ものごとのだいじなところをいう。おうぎのまんなかをとめるくぎのなまえ。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
折扇骨架汇合处的铆钉（扇轴/扇钉） / 引申：枢纽；关键；基石 / 固定刀柄与刀茎的销钉（常带装饰）
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
連接折扇扇骨的鉚釘 / 關鍵、樞紐 / 固定日本刀柄與刀莖的裝飾銷釘
Korean Meaning
접이부채의 살을 고정하는 중심핀 / (비유) 사물의 관건이 되는 중심·핵심 / 카타나의 칼자루를 칼심에 고정하는 핀
Indonesian
keling/paku pengikat bilah kipas lipat / poros (unsur kunci) / pasak/pin pengikat gagang pada tang katana
Vietnamese Meaning
đinh tán giữ các nan quạt xếp / điểm then chốt / chốt cố định cán với tang của kiếm katana
Tagalog Meaning
rebete o pin na nagdudugtong sa mga tadyang ng abaniko / susing sandigan o batong-panulukan / pin (mekugi) na nag-uugnay sa hawakan at tang ng katana
Sense（1）
the pin or rivet holding the spines of a folding fan together
Sense（2）
(by extension) a pivot, cornerstone, keystone
Sense（3）
a pin, often decorated, holding the handle to the tang of a katana
Sense（4）
short for 要黐 (kaname mochi), a kind of tree, the Japanese photinia or Photinia glabra
Sense（5）
(architecture) in a certain kind of traditional Japanese hip roof where the rafters splay out like the spines of a fan, the central point to which the rafter lines converge
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