漁あさり

noun, used as a suffix, noun

searching; rummaging; scavenging

Used as a suffix or noun for actively looking through things, often with a sense of digging or scavenging. Common in compounds like ゴミ漁り (trash rummaging) or 本漁り (book hunting).

• 彼かれの古ふる本ほん漁あさりは週しゅう末まつの楽たのしみだ。

  Scouring used bookstores is his weekend pleasure.

• ゴミ漁あさりは衛えい生せい上じょうよくない。

  Rummaging through trash is not hygienic.

noun

fishing; collecting shells

Archaic noun for fishing or gathering seafood, especially shellfish. Modern Japanese uses 漁 (りょう) or 漁業 (ぎょぎょう) for fishing, and 潮干狩り (しおひがり) for shell collecting.

• 昔むかし、この浜はまではよく漁あさりをしたものだ。

  In the old days, people often went fishing and shell collecting on this beach.