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The Japanese word for rake is
熊手

くまで - kumade
熊-bear (kuma), 手-hand (te)



rake

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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