漁師|りょうしryoushi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounfisherman
   漁師りょうしは釣り上つりあげた魚さかなの大おおきさをおおげさにいった。↗

   The fisherman exaggerated the size of the fish he had caught.

• Synonym漁民ぎょみんNeutralNeutral. People who live by fishing, as individuals or groups; common in statistics and social topics. 「漁師」 is the everyday word.
• Synonym漁業者ぎょぎょうしゃWrittenWritten/formal prose. Unlike the everyday 「漁師」, it covers anyone in the fishing industry, including operators, and suits administrative or statistical use.
• Synonym漁夫ぎょふWrittenWritten/formal prose. A literary word for a fisherman, seen in the idiom 「漁夫の利」; 「漁師」 is the plain everyday term.
• Related漁船員ぎょせんいんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means a crew member working aboard a fishing vessel, stressing the shipboard role; 「漁師」 broadly covers anyone whose trade is fishing.
• Related漁船乗組員ぎょせんのりくみいんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A formal, news-report term for the crew of a fishing boat; in everyday speech, someone who catches fish is called 「漁師」.

Say 「漁師」 for someone who catches fish for a living in everyday speech. For statistics, administration and social topics use 「漁民」 or 「漁業者」; for crews of fishing vessels use 「漁船員」 or 「漁船乗組員」; 「漁夫」 is literary.

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1. 魚さかなを取とる事ことを業ぎょうとする人ひと。