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枷

枷: shackles

shackles; fetters
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Readings

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かせ・からざお

Read かせ; compounds put the body part first: 足枷, 手枷, 首枷. Figuratively, 枷 is anything that restrains or burdens you.

Key words

枷かせshackles; fetters; burden
足枷あしかせleg shackle; hindrance
手枷てかせhandcuffs
首枷くびかせneck shackle; cangue

Example sentences

The prisoner was fitted with heavy leg shackles and thrown into the dungeon.

His past failure has become an invisible shackle for him.

The captured witch was dragged out to the square with a shackle around her neck.

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