| Word | Reading | Meaning |
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| 鎌 | かま | sickle; sickle-and-chain (weapon); type of spear with curved cross-blade(s); gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; noisiness; part of a fish around the gills |
| 鎌をかける | かまをかける | to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth), to ask a leading question |
| 鎌止め | かまどめ | cutting grass and trees is prohibited |
| 鎌首 | かまくび | gooseneck |
| 鎌倉時代 | かまくらじだい | Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE) |
| 鎌足 | かまあし | legs bowed in, sitting with heels spread apart |
| 鎌鼬 | かまいたち | cut caused by whirlwind, folkloric monster |
| 鎌切 | かまきり, とうろう, いもじり, いいぼむしり, カマキリ | praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis) |
| 鎌形 | かまがた | sickle-shaped, falciform |
| 鎖鎌 | くさりがま | sickle and chain (weapon) |
