漁獲|ぎょかくgyokaku[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbfishery; fishing; catch; haul
    我々われわれはこの湾わん内ないで漁獲ぎょかくする特権とっけんを与あたえられた。↗
    We were granted the privilege of fishing in this bay.
Conjugation
Dictionary form漁獲する(ぎょかくする)
Polite (masu)漁獲します(ぎょかくします)
Negative (nai)漁獲しない(ぎょかくしない)
polite (masen)漁獲しません(ぎょかくしません)
classical zu / nu漁獲せず・漁獲せぬ(ぎょかくせず・ぎょかくせぬ)
Past (ta)漁獲した(ぎょかくした)
polite (mashita)漁獲しました(ぎょかくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)漁獲しなかった(ぎょかくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)漁獲しませんでした(ぎょかくしませんでした)
Te form漁獲して(ぎょかくして)
Potential漁獲できる(ぎょかくできる)
Passive漁獲される(ぎょかくされる)
Causative漁獲させる(ぎょかくさせる)
Causative passive漁獲させられる(ぎょかくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)漁獲すれば(ぎょかくすれば)
tara漁獲したら(ぎょかくしたら)
Volitional漁獲しよう(ぎょかくしよう)
polite (mashou)漁獲しましょう(ぎょかくしましょう)
Imperative漁獲しろ(ぎょかくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym捕獲ほかくWrittenWritten/formal word for capturing animals alive or seizing enemy ships, as in 「害獣捕獲」; 「漁獲」 is specifically about harvesting fish, shellfish and other aquatic life.
  • Synonym水揚げみずあげWrittenWritten/formal term for the amount of fish landed or a shop's takings; 「漁獲」 centers on the act of fishing and the catch itself.
  • Related捕るとるNeutralNeutral verb for catching animals, fish or insects, as in 「魚を捕る」; 「漁獲」 is a written-style noun.
  • Related採捕さいほWrittenWritten/formal word for gathering or catching plants and animals, mostly in legal texts; 「漁獲」 is limited to fish, shellfish and crustaceans and the catch obtained.
  • Related獲るとるNeutralNeutral verb: 「得る」 (read 「える」) broadly means to get or understand; 「獲る」, usually read 「とる」, means catching birds, beasts and fish; 「漁獲」 is specific to aquatic catches.
  • Antonym放流ほうりゅうWrittenWritten/formal word for releasing young fish into rivers or ponds; it is the opposite of 「漁獲」, release versus catch.

Use 「漁獲」 for catching fish, shellfish and other aquatic life, or for the catch itself, as in 「漁獲量」 and 「漁獲高」. For capturing animals alive use 「捕獲」; for fish landed or takings use 「水揚げ」; 「放流」 is its opposite, releasing fish.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 魚さかななどの水産物すいさんぶつを獲とること。また、それで得えた獲物えもの。
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