獲物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
獲 物
え
Grade: S
もの
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

獲 (e, “acquired”) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”)

Pronunciation

Noun

獲物 (hiragana えもの, rōmaji emono)

  1. (hunting) the hunted; prey, game, etc.
    • 2000 February 17, Maekawa, Takeshi, “新あらたなる巨きょ大だいな壁かべの巻まき [A New Giant Obstacle Has Arrived]”, in 新しん鉄てっ拳けんチンミ [New Ironfist Chinmi], volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 147:
      ここでどちらかが必 (かなら)ず死 (し)ぬ 狩 (か)りの終 (お)わりとは常 (つね)にそういうものだ‥‥死 (し)ぬのは獲 (え)物 (もの)か狩人 (かりゅうど)か
      Koko de dochira ka ga kanarazu shinu Kari no owari to wa tsune ni sō iu mono da‥‥ Shinu no wa emono ka karyūdo ka
      One of us will die here. That’s how every hunt is supposed to end‥‥ Either the hunted or the hunter, one must die.
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