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引き網 (ひきあみ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

引ひき網あみ

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Meanings

1

noun

dragnet; seine

fishing

A fishing net that is pulled through the water, either from a boat or from the shore.

漁りょう師したちは引ひき網あみでイワシを捕とった。
The fishermen caught sardines with a dragnet.

Written forms

引ひき網あみUsage17%
Standard kanji spelling using 引く.
曳ひき網あみUsage61%
Abbreviated variant of 曳き網.
曳ひき網あみUsage11%
Variant using 曳く, also meaning 'to pull/trawl'.
引ひき網あみ

Usage

11%

Abbreviated variant of 引き網.

Kanji

曳pull, tug, jerk
網netting, network
引pull, tug, jerk

Similar words

投網とあみ
投網 is a cast net thrown by hand, while 引き網 is pulled through the water.
地じ引びき網あみ
地引網 is a specific type of dragnet operated from the shore; 引き網 is a broader term.

Etymology

Compound of 引き (hiki, 'pulling', from 引く) and 網 (ami, 'net').