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鍬 kanji
hoe with long blade at acute angle
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- 17
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Words with 鍬
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —鍬hoe
- —馬鍬harrow; rake
- —鋤鍬farming implement
- —鍬形hoe-shaped helmet crest; stag beetle
- —木鍬wooden hoe
- —鍬形虫stag beetle
- —鍬入れbreaking ground; ground-breaking (ceremony); New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction
- —鋸鍬形sawtooth stag beetle (Prosopocoilus inclinatus); saw stag beetle
- —大鍬形giant stag beetle (Dorcus hopei)
- —小鍬形Dorcus rectus (species of stag beetle)
- —鍬初めNew Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction
- —鍬形草Veronica miqueliana (species of speedwell)
- —深山鍬形Miyama stag beetle (Lucanus maculifemoratus)
- —鍬入れ式ground-breaking ceremony
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