Word Meaning 狩る

かる karu

狩る is read as かる (karu) and means to hunt (animals).

Meaning

English

  1. to hunt (animals)
  2. to search (for a criminal)
  3. to go looking for (flowers, etc.)
  4. to gather (mushrooms)
  5. to pick (berries)

Reading

Kana

かる

Romaji

karu

Writing Variants

  • 猟る かる karu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 141412 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

狩人

かりゅうど

hunter

狩猟

しゅりょう

hunting

かり

hunting

狩場

かりば

hunting ground

狩野派

かのうは

Kanō school (of Japanese painting)

狩り小屋

かりごや

hunting lodge

狩猟採集民

しゅりょうさいしゅうみん

hunters and gatherers

潮干狩り

しおひがり

shell gathering (at low tide)

魔女狩り

まじょがり

witch hunt

暴力団狩り

ぼうりょくだんがり

roundup of gangsters

言葉狩り

ことばがり

word-hunting

採集狩猟民

さいしゅうしゅりょうみん

hunter-gatherer people

Example Sentences

2

かれはこうきをかるようにしごとをえらぶ。

He chooses jobs as if he were hunting for good opportunities.

けいさつはにげたはんにんをかるようにおっている。

The police are chasing the escaped criminal as if hunting him down.