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螳螂
Hiragana
かまきり / とうろう
Noun
broadly
from the slender build of the insect
rare
Japanese Meaning
カマキリのこと。また、痩せていて細長い人や馬をたとえていう語。
Easy Japanese Meaning
大きなあごと前あしをもつほそ長いむしのこと
Sense（1）
a mantis (any of various large insects of the order Mantodea)
Sense（2）
(by extension, from the slender build of the insect) a skinny person or horse
Sense（3）
(rare) a fourspine sculpin, a fish of species Cottus kazika.
（ romanization ）
（ hiragana ）
Quizzes for review
a mantis (any of various large insects of the order Mantodea) / (by extension, from the slender build of the insect) a skinny person or horse
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螳螂
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I found a mantis in the garden.
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庭に螳螂がいるのを見つけました。
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