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漁師

りょうし

fisherman

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Examples

  1. 父は漁師だ。

    ちちはりょうしだ。

    My father is a fisherman.

  2. 漁師は朝早く海に出る。

    りょうしはあさはやくうみにでる。

    Fishermen go out to sea early in the morning.

  3. 台風の日は漁師も船を出さない。

    たいふうのひはりょうしもふねをださない。

    Even the fishermen don't take their boats out on a typhoon day.

  4. 漁師町の朝市で新鮮な魚を買った。

    りょうしまちのあさいちでしんせんなさかなをかった。

    I bought fresh fish at the morning market in the fishing town.

Common patterns

漁師になる
to become a fisherman
漁師町
fishing town
漁師の仕事
a fisherman's work

Memory tip

りょうし is also the reading of 猟師, a hunter in the mountains — the water radical in 漁 is what tells you the sea is meant. Someone fishing as a hobby is a 釣り人, not a 漁師.

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