漁師

Japanese

漁師 (ryōshi): salmon fishermen in Oregon, 1914.
Kanji in this term
漁 師
りょう
Grade: 4		 し
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Etymology

The spelling is likely from Middle Chinese compound 漁師 (ngjo srij, literally “fishing + master”). Compare modern Mandarin 漁師 (yúshī, “fisherman”).

The expected reading would be gyoshi. The kan'yōyomi (irregular but customary reading) of ryō for the 漁 character is from confusion with the 猟 character, usually read ryō in on'yomi contexts and meaning “hunt, hunting”, as used in the homophonic term 猟師 (ryōshi, “hunter”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

漁師 (hiragana りょうし, rōmaji ryōshi, historical hiragana れふし)

  1. a fisherman, someone who fishes as a livelihood

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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