鵜う飼かい

noun

cormorant fishing

Traditional fishing method using trained cormorants, practiced in Japan mainly on the Nagara River.

• 岐ぎ阜ふ県けんの長なが良ら川がわでは、毎まい年とし夏なつに鵜う飼かいが行おこなわれる。

  Cormorant fishing is held every summer on the Nagara River in Gifu Prefecture.

noun

cormorant fisherman

A person who practices cormorant fishing; often called 鵜匠 (うしょう) in formal contexts.

• 鵜う飼かいは、鵜うを巧たくみに操あやつって魚さかなを捕とる。

  The cormorant fisherman skillfully handles the cormorants to catch fish.