Meaning

Primary

To Fish

Word Type

transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means fishing so the verb vocab version is to fish.

Reading

つる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is the same as the one you learned with the kanji.

Context

Context Sentences

後で何匹釣れたかお知らせしますね。

I’ll let you know how many fish we caught later.

Kanji Composition