釣り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
釣
つ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 釣(つ)る (tsuru, “to fish”).

Noun

釣(つ)り • (tsuri) 

1. angling; fishing using a pole.
2. change (money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item)
3. (Internet) trolling

Synonyms

• (change): 釣(つ)り銭(せん) (tsurisen), お釣(つ)り (otsuri)

Descendants

• → Jeju: 주리 (juri)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.