金槌

かなづち

Also written 金づち, カナヅチ, 鉄鎚

Meanings

1. Noun hammer
2. hopeless swimmer; person who can't swim; someone who sinks like a stone

Kanji

• 金 money. Read as かな.
• 槌 hammer; mallet. Read as つち.

Example sentences

• 道具箱に金槌しか入っていない者にとっては、あらゆる問題が釘のように見える。
  To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
• かなづち同様、ボブは全く泳げない。
  Bob can no more swim than a hammer can.
• ボブはかなづちだ。
  Bob can no more swim than a hammer can.
• ボブは金槌のごとく、全く泳げない。
  Bob can no more swim than a hammer can.
• かなづちと同様に彼は泳げない。
  He cannot swim any more than a hammer can.

Words containing 金槌

• 金槌頭 (かなづちあたま) hard-headed

Word lists

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