カニ

Ainu

Noun

カニ • (kani)

metal
gold

References

単語リスト（アイヌ語・日本語）―石狩川― (Tango List Ainu-go Nihon-go - Ishikari River, “Word List (Ainu / Japanese) - Ishikari River”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), Sapporo, Hokkaidō: 公益財団法人アイヌ文化振興・研究推進機構 (Zaidan Hōjin Ainu Bunka Shinkō / Kenkyū Suishin Kikō, “Foundation for the Advancement, Research, and Promotion of Ainu Culture”), 2014 (Hokkaido)

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.)