basami
挟
ばさみ
scissors
Also: scissors, to pinch, (crab's) claw, sandwich
Action
Also: scissors, to pinch, (crab's) claw, sandwich
Voiced (rendaku) form of hasami, from 挟む (hasamu) 'to pinch, interpose, sandwich.' Also denotes 'scissors' and, notably, a crab's claw — so kani-basami reads doubly as 'crab's claw' and 'crab scissors.' The h→b shift is the regular rendaku of the h-row.