Kame - Fish

Japanese: 叺 - かます

〘Noun〙 (In ancient times, it was made from woven cattail leaves, hence the meaning of "kamasu" (rice mat )) ① A bag made by folding a straw mat in half and stitching both ends with rope. It is used to store grains, vegetables, flour, etc. It is made of straw mats. Kamake. ※Shoki (720), Taika 5th year, March (Kitano Honin) "Four pieces of silk, twenty strips of cloth , and two layers of cotton were given to me." ② (Named after the shape of ①) A bag for storing small items made of oil paper, leather, etc. It is often used to store tobacco. ※Sakehon Igagoe Zoho Kappa no Ryu (1779), Nakamachi Baion "When I took out the Aisen no Miei from the kamasu in the kettle and looked at it"

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (古く「蒲(かま)」の葉で編み作ったところから「蒲簀(かます)」の意という)① わらむしろを二つに折り、左右両端を縄で綴った袋。穀物、菜、粉などを入れるのに用いる。かますだわら。かまけ。※書紀（720）大化五年三月（北野本訓）「絹四匹・布二十端(はたちはし)・綿二褁(ふたカマス)賜ふ」② (①の形をしているところからいう) 油紙、皮などで作った小物入れの袋。多く、タバコ入れに用いる。※洒落本・伊賀越増補合羽之龍（1779）仲町梅音「くゎい中のかますよりあいせんのみゑへいを出し見れば」

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