狩人

Japanese

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

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

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

Alternative forms

• 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(かり)人(ゅうど) • (karyūdo) ^{←かりうど (kariudo)?}
(alternative reading hiragana かりうど, rōmaji kariudo)
(alternative reading hiragana かりびと, rōmaji 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.