狩
狩

hunt, raid, gather

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か.るか.り-が.り

Nanori

かり

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

hunt

Constituents

宀house
⺨pack of wild dogs
守guard
寸glue

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 corporation's PR team was trying to guard.

Dictionary

Common Words

狩り狩かり猟Noun suffixFreq #4383
1

Common noun; Pronounced がり as a suffix

hunting; hunt; shooting

Examples
男たちはライオン狩りに出かけた。
The men went hunting for lions.
2

Pronounced がり

gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); viewing (e.g. autumn leaves)

3

Pronounced がり

hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists); witch-hunt

狩る猟るかるTransitiveGodan verbFreq #8226
1

to hunt (animals)

Examples
世界で、鹿やムースやキジといった野性獣を狩ることは違法とする国が多い。
In many parts of the world it is illegal to shoot wild game such as deer, moose or pheasant.
2

to search (for a criminal)

3

to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms); to pick (berries)

狩猟しゅりょうNounIntransitiveTransitive～する VerbFreq #12651
1

hunting

Examples
こうした熊独特の特徴が、熊が動かずに狩猟すること（アザラシの呼吸孔の脇でじっと動かず、アザラシが海面に上がってくるのを待つ）を好む説明になっている。
These special characteristics explain its preference for still-hunting (lying motionless beside a seal's breathing hole, waiting for one to surface).
狩人猟人かりゅうどかりうどりょうじん (猟人)さつひと (猟人)かりびとNounFreq #12758
1

hunter

Examples
男は狩人で、女はその獲物である。
Man is the hunter, woman is his game.
駆り出す狩り出すかりだすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #16059
1

to hunt out; to flush out; to round up

2

駆り出す only

to impress; to recruit

駆り立てるかりたてるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #17168
1

Also written as 狩り立てる

to flush out (a hare, fox, etc.); to drive out; to beat out; to start

2

to drive (cattle, sheep, etc.); to urge on; to spur (a horse)

3

to drive (to do); to urge; to spur on; to push; to impel

Examples
空腹が彼を盗みに駆り立てた。
Hunger drove him to steal.
狩りに行くかりにいくExpressionFreq #29207
1

Godan verb - Iku/Yuku special class

to go hunting

狩場狩り場かりばNounFreq #32389
1

hunting ground; hunting preserve

魔女狩りまじょがりNounFreq #34414
1

Historical term

witch hunt (persecution of people accused of witchcraft)

Examples
我こそ魔女がりの大将。
I'm the witchfinder general.
2

witch hunt (persecution of people considered a danger to society)

山狩りやまがりNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #49734
1

mountain hunt

2

combing the mountains (for a criminal, etc.)

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