祖父は若いころ漁夫だった。
My grandfather was a fisherman when he was young.
to profit from others' conflict; to play both sides
Standard kanji spelling for 'fisherman'.
Rare variant; 父 can mean 'old man' or 'father', but this form is seldom used.
Compound of 漁 (fishing) and 夫 (man). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'fisherman'.