狩かり競くら

noun

hunting ground

Archaic term for a hunting ground; not used in modern Japanese outside historical or literary contexts.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんには、貴き族ぞくがかりくらで鷹たか狩がりを楽たのしんだと記しるされている。

  Old documents record that nobles enjoyed falconry at the hunting ground.

noun

hunting contest

Archaic term for a hunting competition; also historical.

• その村むらでは年ねんに一いち度ど、かりくらが開ひらかれ、多おおくの獲え物ものを競きそったという。

  It is said that once a year a hunting contest was held in that village, competing for the most game.