Hana no Nihongo

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Let’s learn Japanese kanji 蟹 !

今回の漢字は『蟹』です。🦀

蟹 - かに a crab 🦀

毛蟹 - けガニ hair crab (Erimacrus isenbeckii)

ズワイ蟹 - ズワイガニ snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio), queen crab

たらば蟹 - タラバガニ red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)

蟹股 (で歩く) - がにまた(であるく) bowlegged, bandy-legged (to have a bowlegged gait)

蟹座 - かにざ Cancer

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P.S. Do you know
all the zodiac signs
 in Japanese?

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Japanese proverb 諺:

蟹は甲羅に似せて穴を掘る - かにはこうらににせてあなをほる  Cut your coat according to your cloth.

(lit. Crabs dig holes according to the size of their shells.)

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