Illustration: At a community woodworking bench, a woman uses a wooden-handled hammer with a solid metal head to drive the final nail into a small birdhouse roof. The hammer is raised only a short distance above the nail, its striking face clearly aligned with the nail head.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

金かな槌づち

kanazuchi

hammer

In kana, かなづち can also mean someone who cannot swim. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼女かのじょは金かなづちで鏡かがみを粉々こなごなにしました。
She shattered the mirror with a hammer.
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彼かれはうっかり金槌かなづちで親指おやゆびを叩たたいてしまった。
He accidentally hit his thumb with the hammer.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
道具箱どうぐばこに金槌かなづちしか入はいっていない者ものにとっては、あらゆる問題もんだいが釘くぎのように見みえる。
To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 金槌

金goldOnキン・コン・ゴンKunかね・かな-
槌hammer; malletOnツイKunつち

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