太たい公こう望ぼう

noun

avid angler; enthusiastic fisherman

A slightly literary or jocular term for someone who loves fishing, often implying a passion bordering on obsession. The word is a pun on the name of the legendary Chinese strategist Taikōbō (太公望), who famously fished while waiting for a worthy ruler.

• 彼かれは休きゅう日じつになると必かならず釣つりに行いく、まさに太たい公こう望ぼうだ。

  He goes fishing every single holiday—a true avid angler.

• 太たい公こう望ぼうの父ちちは、雨あめの日ひも風かぜの日ひも釣つり竿ざおを手て放ばなさない。

  My father, an enthusiastic fisherman, never puts down his rod, rain or shine.