Word Meaning 鵜飼い

うかい ukai

鵜飼い is read as うかい (ukai) and means cormorant fisherman.

Meaning

English

cormorant fisherman
cormorant fishing

Reading

Kana

うかい

Romaji

ukai

Writing Variants

鵜飼うかい ukai
鵜飼うがい ugai
鵜飼い うがい ugai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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鵜

う

cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)

放し飼い

はなしがい

letting run free (dog, child, etc.)

子飼い

こがい

rearing from infancy

室内飼い

しつないがい

keeping (a pet) indoors

多頭飼い

たとうがい

owning multiple animals (esp. pets of the same kind)

手飼い

てがい

raising or keeping an animal by oneself

外飼い

そとがい

keeping (a pet) outdoors

平飼い

ひらがい

free range farming (poultry, etc.)

野飼い

のがい

pasturing (e.g. cattle)

飼育

しいく

breeding

飼う

かう

to keep (a pet or other animal)

飼い犬

かいいぬ

pet dog

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