かに

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Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of かに – see the following entries.
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[noun] [from 712] a crab (infraorder Brachyura)
[noun] [date unspecified] the act of walking stretched and sideways, like a crab
[noun] [from late Edo period] the act of a prostitute who secretly meets with her lover
[noun] (slang, criminal, stall keeper) [from 1892] scissors
[noun] (colloquial) [date unspecified] a handjob (stimulating the penis using a hand); a pussy (vulva); a prostitute
[noun] [from 970-999] Synonym of 蟹糞 (kanikuso, meconium)
[noun] [date unspecified] a swell of an infant with water and pus
[noun] [date unspecified] a 家紋 (kamon, family crest) containing crabs, a front-facing crab in a circle, and square crabs
[noun] [date unspecified] a head in 人形浄瑠璃 (ningyōjōruri) whose face is stretched out like a crab; two is used for honest men and another for minor characters
[noun] [date unspecified] a style used in 生け花 (ikebana) whose metallic part looks like a crab
[noun] [from 1930] a term used to mock Western women who are bow-legged
Alternative spelling
カニ
可児
[proper noun] Kani (a city in Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
(This term, かに (kani), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as かに, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かに.)