鎌倉

Kamakura (city)

いざ鎌倉

いざかまくら

case that something major happens, event of an emergency, when it comes to the crunch

鎌倉様

かまくらよう

Kamakura style; style of customs of samurai and their women during the Kamakura period

鎌倉彫り

かまくらぼり かまくらほり

carvings of the Kamakura style

鎌倉時代

かまくらじだい

Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)

鎌倉幕府

かまくらばくふ

Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333 CE)

鎌倉五山

かまくらござん

the five great Rinzai temples of Kamakura (Kencho-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jochi-ji, Jomyo-ji)

鎌倉新仏教

かまくらしんぶっきょう

new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period

鎌倉女子大学

かまくらじょしだいがく

Kamakura Women's College

鎌倉養護学校

かまくらようごがっこう

Kamakura Special Needs School (older name style)

鎌

かま

sickle

鎌槍

かまやり

spear with curved cross-blades

鎌足

かまあし

legs bowed in, sitting with heels spread apart

薄鎌

うすがま

Thin blade (used for cutting)

鎌首

かまくび

sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis), crooked neck, gooseneck

鎌鼬

かまいたち

type Japanese folkloric monster (yokai), thought to be a trio of weasels who appear in a whirlwind to cut their victim

鋸鎌

のこぎりがま

toothed sickle

鎌髭

かまひげ

sickle-shaped moustache (often worn by servants in the Edo period)

利鎌

sharp sickle