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／渔师 (ngjo srij, literally “fishing + master”). Compare modern Mandarin 漁師／渔师 (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

(Tokyo) りょーし [ryóꜜòshì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ːɕi]

Noun

漁(りょう)師(し) • (ryōshi) ^{←れふし (refusi)^?}

a fisherman, someone who fishes as a livelihood

Synonyms

漁民(ぎょみん) (gyomin)
漁夫(ぎょふ) (gyofu) (archaic)
海人(かいじん) (kaijin), 海人(あま) (ama), 海人(あまびと) (amabito), 海人(あまんど) (amando) (obsolete)
釣(つ)り人(びと) (tsuribito) (overtones of someone who fishes as a hobby)

References

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
漁	師

Noun

漁師 • (eosa) (hangeul 어사)

Hanja form^? of 어사 (“(uncommon, honorific) fisherman”).

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[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN