The Japanese word for rake is
熊手
くまで - kumade熊-bear (kuma), 手-hand (te)
Japanese Definition
| rake | |
| 1. 熊手 |
Translations for rake and their definitions
| 熊手 | |
| 1. n. a rake (garden tool), made of various materials; stylized and decorated bamboo rakes are also used as good luck charms for businesses (q, from the sense of gathering good fortune towards the user) | |
| (synonyms, ja, レーキ, tr1=rēki, q1=more general term) | |
| 2. n. (historical) a weapon similar in shape to a gardening rake, used to catch and unseat an opponent on horseback | |
| 3. n. (by analogy from the sense of a tool used to gather something toward the user) an extremely greedy person | |
| (synonyms, ja, 欲張り, tr1=yokubari) |
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Pronunciation
(kumade)
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