Illustration: On a quiet harbor's fishing platform, an older man lifts his rod as a small fish breaks the water at the end of the taut line. Droplets scatter beneath the fish, and the rod bends lightly under its movement.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

釣つる

tsuru

to fish, to catch fish

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは昨日大きのうおおきな魚さかなを釣つった。

    I caught a big fish yesterday.

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  2. 兄あにと川かわへ釣つりに行いきました。

    I went fishing with my brother in the river.

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  3. 彼かれは魚さかなを３匹びき釣つった。

    He caught three fish.

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Kanji in 釣

  • 釣angling; fishOnチョウKunつる・つり・つり-

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