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かも

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word かも

カモ
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #16963
1

duck

2

easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

Examples
彼はお人よしのカモから大金を巻き上げました。
He made heaps of money by ripping off naive suckers.

Kanji in this Word

16 strokes
Frequency: 1797
Grade 9

Meanings

wild duck
easy mark

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
オウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
かも
あひる
13 strokes

Meanings

wild duck
end
suffix

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
けり
かも
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