鵜飼い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鵜	飼
う Jinmeiyō	か Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うかい [ùkáí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) うかい [úꜜkàì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝka̠i]

Noun

鵜(う)飼(か)い • (ukai) ^{←うかひ (ukafi)^?} (alternative reading hiragana うがい, rōmaji ugai, historical hiragana うがひ)

cormorant fishing
cormorant fishermen

Synonyms

(cormorant fishermen):

鵜匠(うしょう) (ushō)
鵜飼(うか)い人(びと) (ukaibito)
鵜人(うびと) (ubito)

Derived terms

鵜(う)飼(か)い火(び) (ukaibi)
鵜(う)飼(か)い船(ぶね) (ukaibune)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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