狩人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
狩	人
か(り) Grade: S	ひと > びと Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
猟人

Kanji in this term
狩	人
か(り) Grade: S	ひと > うど Grade: 1
kun'yomi	irregular

Alternative spelling
猟人

Kanji in this term
狩	人
かりうど > かりゅうど
Grade: S	Grade: 1
kun'yomi	irregular

Alternative spelling
猟人

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かりゅうど [káꜜryùùdò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) かりゅうど [kàryúꜜùdò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾʲɨːdo̞]

• (Tokyo) かりうど [káꜜrìùdò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) かりうど [kàríꜜùdò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾʲiɯ̟do̞]

Noun

狩人(かりゅうど) • (karyūdo) ^{←かりうど (kariudo)?} or 狩(かり)人(うど) or 狩(かり)人(びと) • (kariudo or karibito) 

1. a hunter (person who hunts game)
   • 2000 February 17, Maekawa, Takeshi, “新(あら)たなる巨(きょ)大(だい)な壁(かべ)の巻(まき) [A New Giant Obstacle Has Arrived]”, in 新(しん)鉄(てっ)拳(けん)チンミ [New Ironfist Chinmi], volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 147:

     ここでどちらかが必(かなら)ず死(し)ぬ　狩(か)りの終(お)わりとは常(つね)にそういうものだ‥‥死(し)ぬのは獲(え)物(もの)か狩人(かりゅうど)か

     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.

Synonyms

• 狩猟者