真しん珠じゅ取とり

noun

pearl fishing; pearl diver

Refers to the activity of diving for pearls or the person who does it. Context determines whether it means the occupation or the act.

• 昔むかし、この地ち域いきでは真しん珠じゅ取とりが盛さかんだった。

  In the past, pearl fishing was thriving in this region.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、真しん珠じゅ取とりとして働はたらいていた。

  When he was young, he worked as a pearl diver.