Meanings
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Common Words
Common noun; Pronounced ใใ as a suffix
hunting; hunt; shooting
Pronounced ใใ
gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); viewing (e.g. autumn leaves)
Pronounced ใใ
hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists); witch-hunt
to hunt (animals)
to search (for a criminal)
to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms); to pick (berries)
hunting
hunter
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up
้งใๅบใ only
to impress; to recruit
Also written as ็ฉใ็ซใฆใ
to flush out (a hare, fox, etc.); to drive out; to beat out; to start
to drive (cattle, sheep, etc.); to urge on; to spur (a horse)
to drive (to do); to urge; to spur on; to push; to impel
Godan verb - iku/yuku special class
to go hunting
Historical term
witch hunt (persecution of people accused of witchcraft)
witch hunt (persecution of people considered a danger to society)
mountain hunt
combing the mountains (for a criminal, etc.)
Memory Mnemonics
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
After hunting, wild dogs will guard the food they have procured.
The shepherd must constantly guard his flock. His greatest fear is the pack of wild dogs that live in the hills, as their constant hunt for food makes his sheep an easy target.
The prison guards fanned out across the swamp to hunt for the escaped convicts, moving with the same relentless pack mentality as wild dogs closing in on their prey.
The investigative journalists were on a hunt for the truth, acting like a pack of tenacious wild dogs digging up a secret that the corporationโs PR team was trying to guard.
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