狩人

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
か(り)
Grade: S
ひと > びと
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
猟人
Kanji in this term
か(り)
Grade: S
ひと > うど
Grade: 1
kun'yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
猟人
Kanji in this term
かりうど > かりゅうど
Grade: S Grade: 1
kun'yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
猟人
 狩人 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From 狩り (kari, stem of 狩る (karu, to hunt)) +‎ (hito, person).

Pronunciation

Noun

狩人(かりゅうど) (karyūdoかりうど (kariudo)? or (かり)(うど) or (かり)(びと) (kariudo or karibito

  1. a hunter (person who hunts game)
    • 2000 February 17, Maekawa, Takeshi, “(あら)たなる(きょ)(だい)(かべ)(まき) [A New Giant Obstacle Has Arrived]”, in (しん)(てっ)(けん)チンミ [New Ironfist Chinmi], volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 147:
      ここでどちらかが(かなら)()ぬ ()りの()わりとは(つね)にそういうものだ‥‥()ぬのは()(もの)狩人(かりゅうど)
      Koko de dochira ka ga kanarazu shinu Kari no owari to wa tsune ni sō iu mono da‥‥ Shinu no wa emono ka karyūdo ka
      One of us will die here. That’s how every hunt is supposed to end‥‥ Either the hunted or the hunter, one must die.

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