リョウ, レフ, かり, か.る

game-hunting, shooting, game, bag

JLPT1 G7 S11 F1851

is a depiction of a pheasant with bound wings, captured by being pressured from all sides in hunting. is # + dog/beast → *hunting* (in general). *Fishing* and *shellfish gathering* are associated meanings.

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