鎖鎌

See also: 锁镰

Japanese

Kusarigama at Iwakuni Castle

Kanji in this term
鎖	鎌
くさり Grade: S	かま > がま Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 鎖 (kusari, “chain”) +‎ 鎌 (gama, “sickle”).

Noun

鎖(くさり)鎌(がま) • (kusarigama) 

1. (weaponry) a Japanese martial arts chain weapon, that consists of a kama, (鎌, the Japanese equivalent of a sickle), on a length of kusari, (鎖, metal chain), with a heavy fundo, (分銅, iron weight), at the end.

Derived terms

• 鎖鎌術(くさりがまじゅつ) (kusarigamajutsu): chain sickle technique

See also

• 鎖鎌 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Kusarigama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 鎖分銅(くさりふんどう) (kusari fundō): a weighted chain
• 武器術(ぶきじゅつ) (bukijutsu): weapons techniques; armed combat