狩り
かり
Also written 狩, 猟
Meanings
- Noun, Noun suffix hunting; hunt; shooting (pronounced がり as a suffix)
- Noun suffix gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); viewing (e.g. autumn leaves) (pronounced がり)
- hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists); witch-hunt (pronounced がり)
Kanji
- 狩 hunt. Read as かり.
Example sentences
- 我こそ魔女がりの大将。
I'm the witchfinder general. - 王様はけさ狩りに出かけた。
The king went hunting this morning. - ヘミングウェーはアフリカで猛獣狩りをたのしんだ。
Hemingway enjoyed big game hunting in Africa. - フクロウは昼間寝ていて夜間狩りをします。
An owl sleeps by day and hunts by night. - 私は父と狩りに行くことを楽しみにしています。
I'm looking forward to going hunting with my father.
Common phrases
Words containing 狩り
- 赤狩り (あかがり) communist witch-hunt
- 鷹狩り (たかがり) falconry
- 首狩り (くびがり) headhunting (collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies)
And 28 more.