釣
釣

angling, fish, catch, allure, ensnare

11 strokesFrequency 1,542JLPT N1Grade 8

On

チョウ

Kun

つ.るつ.りつ.り-

Nanori

つり

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

angling

Constituents

勹bound up
丶drop
?metal
勺ladle
金gold

Mnemonic Stories

The old prospector, driven mad by greed, was seen angling in the river with a giant ladle, hoping to scoop up a nugget of pure gold.

The mythical golden trout can only be caught by angling with a lure made from a tiny, enchanted ladle plated in shimmering gold.

She was shamelessly angling for a rich husband at the party, metaphorically dipping her ladle into any conversation that mentioned gold or money.

I'm not saying my grandpa is cheap, but he insists on angling for fish using a bent soup ladle because he doesn't want to buy a real gold-colored lure.

The alchemist was angling for a breakthrough, stirring a bubbling concoction with a ladle, trying to transmute molten lead into gold.

Dictionary

Common Words

釣るつるTransitiveGodan verbFreq #3979
1

to fish; to angle; to catch

Examples
私は昨日大きな魚を釣った。
I caught a big fish yesterday.
2

to lure in; to tempt; to attract; to entice; to allure

釣り釣つりNounFreq #6494
1

fishing; angling

Examples
あなたは釣りに行きたがっている。
You are dying to go fishing.
2

Word usually written using kana alone; Abbreviation

change (for a purchase)

Examples
つりは要らんよ。
Keep the change!
3

Internet

clickbaiting

4

Internet slang

trolling; bait; making deliberately inflammatory posts online

吊り上げるつり上げるつりあげるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #9266
1

to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist

Examples
彼は驚いてまゆをつりあげた。
He arched his eyebrows in surprise.
漁師は釣り上げた魚の大きさをおおげさにいった。
The fisherman exaggerated the size of the fish he had caught.
2

to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up; to inflate; to jack up

Examples
くず社債のディーラーは市場をつり上げてバブル状態にしました。
Junk bond dealers left the market riding on a pillow of air.
釣り合うつり合う釣合うつりあうIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #11507
1

to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium

Examples
仕事の量と賃金が釣り合っていない。
The amount of work and the pay are not balanced.
2

to suit; to go well together; to be a good match

不釣合い不釣り合いふつりあい不釣合Noun~な Adj.Freq #16499
1

imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry

Examples
この大きな門は小さな庭に不釣り合いだ。
This big gate is disproportionate to the small garden.
釣り上げる釣上げるつりあげるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #17036
1

to land (a fish); to catch; to reel in

お釣りお釣おつりNounFreq #23832
1

Polite

change (for a purchase)

Examples
1ドルでおつりがありますか。
Have you got change for a dollar?
2

Colloquial; Jocular, humorous term

toilet splashback

吊り下げるつり下げるつりさげる釣り下げるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #25446
1

to suspend (from); to hang (down); to dangle

Examples
ランプが木の枝から吊り下げられた。
The lamp was suspended from the branch of a tree.
釣り合い釣合い釣合つりあいNounFreq #26569
1

balance; equilibrium

Examples
政府は、若年層の要求と、老人の要求との釣り合いをとるのに大いに苦労することになるだろう。
The government will have much trouble balancing the needs of its younger population with the requirements of the old people.
吊橋吊り橋つり橋釣り橋釣橋つりばしつりはしNounFreq #28919
1

suspension bridge; rope bridge

Examples
つり橋は5マイル上流にある。
The suspension bridge is miles above.

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