カニ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of カニ – see the following entry.

【蟹かに】J [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

(This term, カニ (kani), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)